Two months into her first job, freshman Kristin Shinn, one of the more than 1,000 Ohio University students employed by Dining Services, still enjoys going to work each day at Boyd dining hall.
Shinn, who took the job at the beginning of the quarter to gain experience in the workforce and for the cash that comes with it, works about eight hours each week and earns $7 an hour, the current minimum wage.
However, come January, Shinn and the other 600 dining service workers making minimum wage will receive a 30 cent hourly increase, in accordance with the Ohio constitutional amendment passed in 2006.
The amendment legislates a minimum wage increase every year by the rate of inflation, determined by the Consumer Price Index, for urban wage earners and clerical workers.
We anticipated a 3 to 4 percent increase
and have budgeted for it said Gwyn Scott, the executive director of Culinary and Dining operations.
Scott added that because of this, students currently employed will not feel any adverse effects such as decreased hours because of the wage increase.- Scott said, There won't be an immediate impact on student employees' hours.
Students currently making above minimum wage will not be bumped up when it increases in January.
We have a well-established pay-rate structure
Scott said.
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Shinn said. But more money is always a good thing. More money equals more shopping.
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