Cooper to hike minimum wage for health system employees to $15 per hour

Cooper University Health Care announced Tuesday the Camden-based health system it is increasing the minimum wage it pays employees to $15 an hour. The new minimum wage policy will go into effect on Jan.1 and benefit about 750 of Cooper ’s 7,500 employees, a third of whom are Camden residents and over 450 of whom are Camden County residents. “We have an absolute obligation, as the largest employer in both the City of Camden and Camden County, to do the right thing and lead the way on providing…
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