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Minimum wage case study: BurgervilleMinimum wage case study: Burgerville

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Mark Brandau, Associate editor

May 16, 2013

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If an increase in the federal minimum wage is approved, operators across the country face the prospect of hourly rates rising well above $7.25 per hour, which has been the reality for years in Washington and Oregon, where all of Burgerville’s 39 restaurants are located.

Jack Graves, chief cultural o­fficer for Vancouver, Wash.-based Burgerville, said attracting and retaining talented workers is the byproduct of paying average hourly wages in the $11 range. But the primary reason for that level of compensation, he added, is to show concern about team members’ well-being and treat them well. “We’d love to be able to pay more,” Graves said. “People are your most important asset, and we look for ways to show that. The only problem is we hav...

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