Post by Logan on Feb 24, 2016 1:48:43 GMT -6
UW-Madison increases student minimum wage, gives raise to graduate assistants
Some of the UW-Madison students who serve food in dining halls, staff the desks at campus libraries, work in research labs or lead class discussion sections will soon see bigger paychecks, campus officials announced Tuesday.
Starting next fall, the minimum wage for student employees will increase from $7.25 to $9 per hour, the university said, while graduate assistants, whose work includes teaching and research, will see a 2 percent pay raise starting in July.
It’s unclear how many of the more than 10,000 student employees at UW-Madison will benefit from the change — spokesman Greg Bump said 44 students made $7.25 per hour as of October 2015, and 2,571 were paid less than $9 an hour.
Bump said increasing the minimum wage is expected to cost $550,000 each year. He added most students work for the campus’ auxiliary units, such as UW Housing or the Wisconsin Union, which use their own revenue — not state funding from tax dollars — to pay employees.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-increases-student-minimum-wage-gives-raise-to-graduate/article_8262023b-9c60-5ad7-9750-f298cb573b4a.html
Some of the UW-Madison students who serve food in dining halls, staff the desks at campus libraries, work in research labs or lead class discussion sections will soon see bigger paychecks, campus officials announced Tuesday.
Starting next fall, the minimum wage for student employees will increase from $7.25 to $9 per hour, the university said, while graduate assistants, whose work includes teaching and research, will see a 2 percent pay raise starting in July.
It’s unclear how many of the more than 10,000 student employees at UW-Madison will benefit from the change — spokesman Greg Bump said 44 students made $7.25 per hour as of October 2015, and 2,571 were paid less than $9 an hour.
Bump said increasing the minimum wage is expected to cost $550,000 each year. He added most students work for the campus’ auxiliary units, such as UW Housing or the Wisconsin Union, which use their own revenue — not state funding from tax dollars — to pay employees.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-increases-student-minimum-wage-gives-raise-to-graduate/article_8262023b-9c60-5ad7-9750-f298cb573b4a.html