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Topics: Minimum wage

Florida votes to increase outdated minimum wage to $15
November 6, 2020November 17, 2020

Florida votes to increase outdated minimum wage to $15

Voters in Florida tossed their outdated $8.56 per hour minimum wage in this election as the state became the eighth in the country to adopt a $15 minimum wage.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.

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Target raises minimum wage to $15 an hour
June 22, 2020November 17, 2020

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.

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Connecticut passes $15 minimum wage
May 18, 2019November 17, 2020

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.

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Maryland becomes the sixth U.S. state to raise the minimum wage to $15
March 29, 2019November 17, 2020

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.

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New Jersey to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
January 22, 2019November 17, 2020

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.

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New study shows NY restaurant jobs increase despite tipped minimum wage hike
November 20, 2018November 17, 2020

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.

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St. Paul City Council passes $15 minimum wage, and mayor signs it
November 15, 2018November 17, 2020

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.

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JPMorgan Chase commits to $18 an hour minimum wage in D.C.
November 13, 2018November 17, 2020

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.

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New report finds raising the minimum wage reduces prison recidivism
October 10, 2018November 17, 2020

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%.

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Amazon agrees to $15 an hour for warehouse workers
October 2, 2018November 17, 2020

Amazon agrees to $15 an hour for warehouse workers

Amazon will begin paying hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers a minimum wage of $15 per hour, the company said Tuesday, following criticism from lawmakers that some employees at one of the country’s wealthiest companies are dependent on public assistance.

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