Reports indicate that the New York State legislature and Governor Cuomo have tentatively reached agreement regarding the terms of the anticipated proposed increase in the state’s minimum wage. As portrayed in news coverage, the latest proposal would increase the minimum wage to $8/hour in 2014, $8.75/hour in 2015 and $9/hour by 2016, but not tie further
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Democrats Introduce Minimum Wage Increase (Again)
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Minimum Wage
Via the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 (H.R. 6211), House Democrat George Miller (Calif.) has introduced proposed legislation which would increase the federal minimum wage from its current level of $7.25/hour to $9.80 over the next three years. This proposal comes on the heels of a letter to President Obama from prominent economists…