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Vermont Senate supports $12.50 minimum wage by 2021, after nixing House's plan
Last edited Wed May 22, 2019, 07:12 AM - Edit history (1)
The Senate on Tuesday approved a new plan to increase the minimum wage to $12.50 an hour by 2021.
The proposal comes after senators rejected a minimum wage bill passed by the House last week, which would have increased the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 at the earliest. Senators argued the House measure didn’t raise the pay for low income workers fast enough.
The new minimum wage plan, tacked onto H.351, a workers’ compensation bill, passed 22-8.
The current minimum wage is $10.78 per hour.
Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/21/senate-supports-12-50-minimum-wage-2021/
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