Bill W. Burgess Jr. Business Research Center to examine potential impact of raising minimum wage

Cameron University's Bill W. Burgess Jr. Business Research Center (BBRC) will present "The Potential Impact of Raising the Minimum Wage." The business forum will take place on Thursday, November 7, at 12:30 p.m. in the Mary Lou and W. Carey Johnson Auditorium, Room 111 in Ross Hall. There is no charge to attend.

Panelists Dr. Abdulhamid Sukar, professor of economics at CU; Rep. Cyndi Munson, minority leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives; and Adam Maxey, vice president of government affairs for The State Chamber of Oklahoma, will explore the impact of raising or maintaining the minimum wage on local businesses.

Within the next two years Oklahoma citizens will likely have the opportunity to vote on raising the minimum wage. The goal of this public forum is to examine how small, medium, and large businesses can absorb wage increases while remaining profitable and economically competitive. The panel members will discuss how employee wages relate to employee recruitment, retention, turnover and productivity as well as business consumer pricing, consumer spending and inflation.

For more information, contact the CU Department of Business at 580-581-2842.

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