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Show r-r. L - r " j J : -j - I i s f 1 L4 i i if .i Ns r r, i DON MORRIS "The increase will come in handy." CHRIS PAINTER " will not be without consequences." DAVE WERTANEN "I'm happy for the raise." BILL MANN ' 'There will be a lot of salary adjustments." There's more to minimum wage law than increasing salaries of new employees -i. J 1 L i It V 4 r A 4 r 1 j and see," said Bill Mann, an assistant assis-tant manager at Slim's. Chris Painter, manager of Pizza Hut, said most businesses will have to make ends meet by passing the wage increases on to the public through increased prices for produces pro-duces and services. "It (increase) will not be without By GARY R. BLODGETT There's a lot more to justifying the minimum wage law than just paying new employees $3.80 per hour instead of the previous minimum salary of $3.35 per hour. Asked their feelings about the ' new law which took effect last Sunday the Man in the Community, Communi-ty, for the most part, approved of the new increase. Managers of small businesses in South Davis County said the new federal minimum rate of $3.80 will have a "snowball" effect on the public because the increased salaries will be made up through pass-through costs of services and products. "Everything will cost more because of the increased demand on wages," was echoed throughout the business community and some of those costs to the public have already been implemented. Pizza Hut of Woods Cross is only ' one of several businesses which increased in-creased a few menu items to meet the increased salaries. McDonald's of Woods Cross did the same a few weeks ago in anticipation of the increase. in-crease. A representative of Slim Olsen's said he was not in a position to say what effect the wage increase will have on the price of gasoline at the pumps. "We'll just have to wait consequences," she said. "It will provide more opportunities for low-income low-income employees, but everyone will end up paying for it." She said about half the employees at the local Pizza Hut are minimum wage employees. "They need the increased wage, but so do the middle and upper-wage employees, and they, too, will have to be compensated," she said. Dave Wertanen, a cook at the Pizza Hut since October, said the increase will give him more than a 40 cents-per-hour increase. "I'm happy for the raise. It will make things a little easier," he said. Swing manager Larry Richardson Richard-son of McDonald's said about 40 percent of the employees at McDonald's are paid minimum wage. "This is going to help them, but's its going to have an effect on a lot of other employees who should also be compensated." said Richardson. Jim Clayville, a 16-year-old sophomore at Woods Cross, who is a cook at McDonald's, said he just started work there Monday just in time for the increased wage. "I guess I was really lucky. I'm happy about it because it will give me a chance to save more money for college or a mission.," he said. Bill Mann, assistant manager of Slim Olsen's, said his company has had to look at the wages of all - mm .11 S i f j t - I LARRY RICHARDSON ' 'Itr s going to effect a lot of employees." employees "and make compensations compensa-tions and adjustments wherever necessary.' 4 4 When you give increases to some employees you've got to be fair with the other employees, and that's where the snowball effect comes into being," said Mann, Don Morris, a sophomore at Bountiful High, said his job with Slim's is his first full-time permanent perma-nent position, "I started at $3.60 per hour a few weeks ago and with the federal minimum wage increase my salary will increase by 20 cents per hour," he said. Mann emphasized that his employees are "worth everything we can afford to pay. Everyone does his job well, or we have to let him go, but some of them have been with us for quite a long time," the station manager said. JIM CLAYVILLE "This is my first permanent job." |