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Florida votes to increase outdated minimum wage to $15

Florida votes to increase outdated minimum wage to $15

Voters in Florida tossed their outdated $8.56 per hour minimum wage in this election as the state became the eighth in the country to adopt a $15 minimum wage. Like many other states, Florida will introduce the raise slowly, upping it to $10 next year and raising it by $1 each year until it reaches $15 in 2026.

Target raises minimum wage to $15 an hour

Target raises minimum wage to $15 an hour

In a move that will impact 275,000 employees that work at its stores and distribution centers, Target said Wednesday it will permanently raise its starting wage by $2 to $15 beginning July 5.

Connecticut passes $15 minimum wage

Connecticut passes $15 minimum wage

The Fight for $15 notched another major victory with lawmakers in Connecticut approving a plan to implement a $15 wage floor across the state by 2023.

Maryland becomes the sixth U.S. state to raise the minimum wage to $15

Maryland becomes the sixth U.S. state to raise the minimum wage to $15

Lawmakers managed to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a minimum wage bill. Maryland’s current minimum wage is $10.10, and the new policy will gradually raise the wage floor to $15 by 2025.

New Jersey to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour

New Jersey to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour

The new plan would raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour on July 1, $11 an hour in 2020, $12 an hour in 2021, $13 in 2022, $14 in 2023 and $15 in 2024.

New study shows NY restaurant jobs increase despite tipped minimum wage hike

New study shows NY restaurant jobs increase despite tipped minimum wage hike

The report Institute for Policy Studies and the Restaurant Opportunities Center found that job growth at full-service restaurants went up and take-home pay €œincreased significantly€ after New York hiked the tipped minimum from $5 per hour to $7.50 per hour.

St. Paul City Council passes $15 minimum wage, and mayor signs it

St. Paul City Council passes $15 minimum wage, and mayor signs it

Minnesota’s second-largest city has joined the growing wave of cities across the country that have decided to require that workers be paid a minimum of $15 an hour.

JPMorgan Chase commits to $18 an hour minimum wage in D.C.

JPMorgan Chase commits to $18 an hour minimum wage in D.C.

JPMorgan Chase bank has committed to paying its newly hired tellers, bankers and branch managers in the Washington area a minimum of $18 an hour.

New report finds raising the minimum wage reduces prison recidivism

New report finds raising the minimum wage reduces prison recidivism

Economics professors found that a minimum wage increase of $.50 an hour reduced the chance that a person would end up back in prison within a year by 2.8%.

$19 per hour minimum wage approved for New York and New Jersey airport workers

$19 per hour minimum wage approved for New York and New Jersey airport workers

This policy is said to bring the wages of thousands of workers, approximately 40,000, to $19 per hour by 2023.

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