By Aarthi Swaminathan
Yahoo Finance, July 2, 2021
Minimum wage increases went into effect in several states on July 1 as states take it upon themselves to increase pay for low-wage workers to keep up with the growing cost of living. ...
Business owner: It's 'super important' to pay $15 an hour
For one business owner in Delaware, the move toward $15 an hour is a no-brainer.
"We've always paid $15 an hour here at the inn," Kristen Deptula, owner of the Canalside Inn in Rehoboth Beach in Delaware, told Yahoo Finance. She purchased the inn at the end of 2019.
"It was super important to me," Deptula added. "I'm going to keep the employees longer, they're going to be happier, they're not grinding really hard and working for nothing." ...
"They have to know that we have their back, and we have to lead them to successes," she said.