Gap Raising Minimum Wage for its US Employees
Source: Associated Press
Clothing chain Gap says it will raise the minimum hourly wage for its U.S. employees to $10 in 2015.
The San Francisco company said Wednesday that the minimum wage for workers at all of its brands will be raised to $9 an hour in 2014 and $10 an hour in 2015. Gap said the increases will affect about 65,000 store employees.
Gap Inc.'s stores include Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy.
President Barack Obama applauded the move by Gap, noting that in his State of the Union address last month, he had asked businesses to do what they can to raise wages. Obama has also signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for workers covered by new federal contracts to $10.10.
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