Wage warrior: CEO goes above and beyond for worker pay

Volt Lighting has raised its starting hourly compensation rate to double the state’s minimum wage. The model, in wages and employee expectations, can be a road map for other businesses.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 11:00 a.m. March 17, 2022
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Mark Wemple. Volt Lighting founder and CEO Alan Brynjolfsson at the company’s warehouse in Tampa.
Mark Wemple. Volt Lighting founder and CEO Alan Brynjolfsson at the company’s warehouse in Tampa.
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The Great Resignation has rippled through the economy like a boulder being dropped into a bathtub. Its effects are numerous and wide ranging, from an increased reliance on automation to businesses curtailing hours of operation because of staffing shortages.

 

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