Boston's flawed living wage law should be delayed and revised

By Boston Municipal Research Bureau

Subjects: Prevailing Wage Law, Salaries and Wages, Ordinances

Description: ...this Banker and Tradesman Advisory Board opinion from June 8, 1998, recommends the delay and subsequent revision of Boston's "Living Wage" ordinance; claims that the law as written is flawed, lacks clarity and runs counter to the City's interest of encouraging economic development and job creation...