UnityPoint Health Des Moines raises minimum pay to $10.50 hourly
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines announced today that it will raise its minimum pay to $10.50 per hour for all positions, an increase from the current minimum of $8.55 per hour. There are 292 employees who will receive an increase in pay with the change, which is effective Oct. 16. The move follows a vote Tuesday by the Polk County Board of Supervisors to raise the minimum wage in the county to $8.75 in April, increasing to $10.75 by January 2019. UnityPoint’s competitor, Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, pays a minimum wage of $11.01 per hour and has been at that level for several years, spokesman Gregg Lagan said. UnityPoint Health Des Moines will host a job fair on Oct. 27 at Methodist Medical Center, from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Kelley Conference Room.