When the wheels of government turn slowly, or not at all, the private sector must take the driver’s seat. That’s certainly the case with Pennsylvania's pitifully low minimum wage — still locked at the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.
Companies like Kennywood, BNY Mellon, Allegheny Health Network and PNC have bumped up starting wages to $12, $15, even $18 an hour. The latest to announce such a hike is Vail Resorts, the parent company of four of the state's ski resorts, including Seven Springs and Hidden Valley.
Vail is raising its hourly minimum wage to an impressive $20, with the new CEO citing the importance of investing in employees. (Vail purchased the resorts from Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting in December for $118 million.) Spread over 37 resorts nationwide, the wage hike totals $175 million. That might sound humanitarian but it’s really smart business. Vail, like many seasonal and low-skilled job providers, reported significant understaffing during the previous season. More staff and better service should mean more business and higher profits.
Either way, it’s a victory for workers.
On March 22, Gov. Tom Wolf announced a lift for those at the lowest end of the pay scale — tipped employees. Restaurants now pay those workers as low as $2.83 an hour, if they earn more than $30 a month in tips. That's an abysmally low cutoff. Under new regulations, the ceiling for tips will rise to $135 a month. That’s a small step toward Gov. Wolf's goal of raising the state...
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