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Ochsner to raise its minimum wage to $12 in January, affecting 1,200 employees

Source: theadvocate.com - Dec 10, 2018

Ochsner Health System, the state's biggest nonprofit health care company, said Thursday that it will raise its minimum wage to $12 per hour, an almost $4 increase that will affect more than 1,200 employees across the system.

The move, which is effective Jan. 20, comes amid renewed debate over minimum wage proposals in the Louisiana Legislature. Louisiana is among five states that never adopted a state-level minimum wage rate, and in turn the state defaults to the federal rate, which has remained unchanged at $7.25 per hour since 2009.

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