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Aspen Skiing Co. Increases Minimum Wage to $17/hr in $3-Million Payroll Investment

Aspen Skiing Co. announced a $3-million investment in its payroll on Friday, which includes increasing the beginning wage to $17/hr and increasing the pay of those already employed, reports the Aspen Times. Related: Vail Resorts Announces Significant Increase in Minimum Wage for Hourly US Employees Colorado’s current minimum wage is $12.32 (which increases to $12.56 on 1/1/22), putting Skico way […]
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Colorado Ski Resorts Facing Employee Shortage

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With ski season rapidly approaching, resorts are planning out the essential resources to make this ski season like no other. Unfortunately, Colorado ski resorts are facing an unexpected scarcity of employees. As thousands of positions remain unfilled, resorts are becoming frantic to hire employees in time for ski season. Colorado has had an exceptional fall with cold temperatures and snowfall […]
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Solitude Mountain Resort, UT, Raises Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour

Following an industry-wide rush to increase wages and entice workers, Solitude Mountain Resort has jumped on the train and increased its starting minimum wage to $15 an hour. The increase applies to all non-tipped positions and even includes wage bumps for certain potions paid above the old starting wage. The change represents more than a 2X increase over the Utah minimum […]
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Vail Resorts Announces Significant Increase in Minimum Wage for Hourly US Employees

In a letter to employees yesterday, Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz announced that the company will ‘significantly increase the minimum wage for hourly employees in the United States.’ Effective from winter 21/22, employees paid hourly in Colorado, California, Utah, and Washington state will be paid $15.00 per hour. The company will also offer paid sick leave to all full-time seasonal workers next […]
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Trump Exempts Guides and Outfitters from Minimum Wage Mandate

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On the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend, President Trump issued an executive order that gives more flexibility to guides and outfitters that operate in National Parks and other public lands. The Exemption from Executive Order 13658 for Recreational Services on Federal Lands lifts the $10.10 minimum wage requirement previously mandated in 2014. According to President Trump, the current mandate was negatively […]
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Vail Resorts Raises Minimum Wage to $10/Hour

Vail Resorts will begin paying its employees at least $10 per hour beginning September 26th, 2015 in all of the 8 states that they operate within. In California, Vail will pay $1 over minimum wage. In Wisconsin and Wyoming they’ll be paying $2.75 over minimum wage. In Colorado they’ll be paying $1.77 over minimum wage. “We are taking this step because it is incumbent on us to do the right thing for our employees as well as remain […]
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