With so much in the news recently about a Congressional push to raise the minimum wage, it has now been more than a year since Texas Children’s served as a leader in this effort by increasing its own minimum hourly pay rate to $15 for all positions, effective January 1, 2020.
When the decision was first announced toward the end of 2019, our President and CEO Mark A. Wallace said it was simply the right thing to do in our efforts to support our employees, as well as their ability to build rewarding careers at Texas Children’s.
“Raising our minimum hourly pay rate is an important step in our ongoing effort to attract and retain talented, driven professionals who share our passion for family-centered patient care,” Wallace said, during his announcement to the organization.
“We are setting a new standard for competitive compensation – a standard that more than doubles both the federal and state minimum wage, and reinforces Texas Children’s position as a compelling place to work among health care institutions in the Texas Medical Center, across the state, and around the country.”
Since the pay raise went into effect, Texas Children’s has further positioned itself as a great place to work, which also helped secure our spot as one of Forbes Magazine’s Best Places to Work. Most importantly, the increase made a difference in the lives and careers of approximately 1,600 team members, demonstrating the value they bring to our organization and patients every single day.
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