About 230 of the hospital’s employees are earning below the living wage level, according to the report. If the rest of the board agrees with the committee, a pay increase could become effective as early as next month.
It seems the increase is likely to pass the board, as Jim Dunn, Parkland’s chief talent officer and a committee member, told Dallas News “The minimum wage increase will happen.”
A pay increase would cost the hospital $350,000 this fiscal year.
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