Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases the minimum wage gradually from $9.25 to $15.00.

Highlights:

• Requires every employer to pay to every employee in any occupation wages of a rate (Sec. 1.a):

• Not less than $10.50 per hour effective January 1, 2022;

• Not less than $11.75 per hour effective January 1, 2023;

• Not less than $13.25 per hour effective January 1, 2024; and

• Not less than $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2025.

• Specifies upon the establishment of a federal minimum wage above the state minimum wage, the minimum wage in this State will be equal in amount to the federal minimum wage (Sec. 1.a).

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