Working Lunch Podcast: Minimum Wage Report ’Breaks’ the Internet

ORLANDO, Fla. — Align Public Strategies is a full-service public affairs and creative firm that helps corporate brands, governments and nonprofits navigate the outside world and inform their internal decision-making. Each week, the Align team discusses the top items impacting business models on its "Working Lunch" podcast.

On this week's Working Lunch podcast, the Align crew explains the importance of a controversial report that could shake up how policy makers evaluate the true impact of rapidly raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Entry-level employers were right about their concerns and the latest research method proves it. This episode of Working Lunch explains what the study means for the debate in the future.

Also in this episode, the team runs down the latest wage, scheduling and other policy issues in this week's legislative scorecard from around the country.

Editor's note: This podcast does not necessarily reflect the views of Convenience Store News.