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10/20/22, 1:18 PM About - Orange County Living Wage <br />https://orangecountylivingwage.org/about/1/5 <br />ABOUT US <br />ORANGE COUNTY LIVING WAGE IS <br />A VOLUNTEER-DRIVEN 501(C)3 <br />NONPROFIT WORKING TO <br />PROMOTE A LIVING WAGE IN <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH <br />CAROLINA. <br />Through our employer certification program, we <br />recognize local businesses and organizations who pay the <br />2022 living wage of $15.85 per hour, or $14.35 per hour if <br />the employer pays at least half the cost of health <br />insurance. <br />Inspired by the success of the nation’s leading living wage <br />certification program, Asheville’s Just Economics, OCLW <br />formed in 2015 to address the effects of the state’s <br />unrealistically low wage floor: the $7.25 federal minimum <br />wage, which has not changed since 2009. <br />To date, living <br />wage employers <br />have given raises <br />About <br />W H O <br />W E <br />A R E  <br />F R E Q U E N T LY <br />A S K E D <br />Q U E S T I O N S  <br />W H Y <br />L I V I N G <br />W A G E ? <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT H <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 5D83941A-B9C3-45F9-A9A3-48A26AF47967