A mild to moderate knee ligament injury may heal on its own, in time. To speed the healing, you can: Rest the knee. Avoid putting much weight on your knee if it's painful to do so. You may need to use crutches for a time. Ice your knee for 20 to 30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours to
Right now, a middle-wage worker in Massachusetts earns $21.19 per hour; thatâs the stateâs median wage, or the level where half the people make more and half make less. The minimum wage, by contrast, is currently $10 (it wonât climb to $11 until Jan. 1 of next year).
Vermont to raise minimum wage to $10.50, highest of any U.S. state. BOSTON Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin on Monday signed a law that will raise the state's minimum wage to $10.50 an hour by 2018, higher than any other U.S. state. The move to raise the entry-level salary from $8.73 comes in a year when Democrats, including Shumlin, have sought to make worker pay an election issue.