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Hope there aren't any San Fran MT's out there! - New minimum wage

Posted: Nov 05, 2014

San Francisco voters approved a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 yesterday! I hope no Nuance MT's live there (HA! Like a Nuance MT could afford to live in the most expensive city in the US). At the current line rates for editing, they'd have to produce over 375 LPH to not have make-up-pay!

I don't know for certain that Nuance has a federal contract, but assuming they do for their Dragon software (or speech recognition software, period), I wonder wonder if Nuance's new "exciting" stuff might be that they're splitting off the company so that they don't have to comply with Obama's executive order to pay a minimum of $10.10 to employees?

Again, I don't know if Nuance has a contract, and we all know our pay stubs and W2's actually say Transcend DBA Nuance, so maybe it's already a seperate company. Too bad the IRS doesn't have a rule that when the minimum wage increases, so should production pay.

I believe Nuance does not hire California MTs? - anon

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I believe California has different rules...like you have to pay overtime for anything over 8 hours a DAY, not just 40 hours a week. At least I think that is the way it used to be.

I'm in CA - AnotherAnon

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Of course, I am an acquired employee but I've been with N for 2 years now, and yes OT is anything over 8 hours a day.

I live across the bay from San Francisco. I'm - thrilled at the new $15/hour min. wage! (sm)

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Now I can afford to quit this lousy, $5/hour job and take a min. wage job at Starbuck's. Heck, on that kind of pay, I can even afford bridge fare!

That's Inscribe who won't hire from CA - nm

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nm

I think Northeast was another one that - discriminated against CA workers.

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Doesn't Washington state have min wage at $15? - nm

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nm

Only Seattle, I believe. sm - WA MT

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Our state min wage is 9.32. Other cities in the state are also lobbying for the $15 min, and if my city approves it, there is absolutely no way for me to transcribe enough to cover it. I get paid MUP way too many times now.

Do you get in trouble for MUP - Or just expected to meet 7.25

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I've often wondered if those of you who live in states with higher minimum wage get in trouble for getting MUP. I've had MUP a few times since starting, usually when work is incredibly low and I'm working accounts I'm not familiar with, or when starting a new account, but it's usually more of a threat than anything.

But since, to my knowledge, we are told we just need to meet the minimum of 186, at speech clinic rates, that's only $7.44 an hour. So if your minimum is $9.32, that would mean you'd have to do 233 LPH at the edit rate. So, do they get mad if you have MUP but are above the $7.25 rate, or are they expecting you to consistently be at the higher rate or more?

I just started a new account this week and know I'll have MUP. My TSM used to send out specs for all of the team members (with their names removed), and there were always people with lots and lots of MUP. I'm assuming they were on this account, and I really do not see how I am going to make any money here. It's horrible. Between the account specifics and the dictators. I think I've typed the same doctor once since starting on Sunday.

Sorry. Had to vent!

Have to make minimum wage for the state we live in. nm - me

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nm

It's a gradual increase and will be up to $15/h - in 2018

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Seattle (though not Washington State) had previously voted for the same gradual increase in minimum wage.

See, this is why people need to research facts on MTStars...because so many people on here just spout off without giving all the facts and everyone believes them just like it's a news source.

Now Versus Later - Meh

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It appears, indeed, according to Googling it, that minimum wage in San Francisco at present is only $10.75, but in 5/2015, it will be $12.25 and finally in 2018 will be $15.00. The year 2018 is pretty far from now and maybe MT field will even be history. Regardless, I bet most of us griping on this forum won't be working as MT anymore anyhow.

I included a link to CNN! - OP

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I know that it wasn't going to be instant, and I never said it was. But the discussion around raising the minimum wage and how we are affected has been hot-button for a while now. I merely was mentioning that San Fran had voted to increase their minimum wage (which again, I seriously doubt any MT can afford to live there).

Even if it's not $15 tomorrow, or even in January, there ///is/// a gradual increase that starts soon, and we are WAY overdue for a minimum wage increase federally.

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