The city of San Marcos is encouraging businesses to offer higher employee wages. Bianca Gandaria tells us more in this Bobcat Update.
The City Council recently mandated that businesses applying for tax breaks or other incentives to build or expand their operations to pay their workers no less than 15 dollars an hour plus benefits.
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Texas State students who want to work in San Marcos face a lot of competition.
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Those who oppose the wage hike argue that small businesses will find it difficult to add to their payrolls.
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Since 2009, the federal minimum wage has been seven-dollars-and-25-cents. For Bobcat Update, I'm Bianca Gandaria.
Bobcat Update, a student-produced newscast recapping events at Texas State University, and is available for viewing on YouTube.
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