Starting April 1, 2015, the minimum wage rate in Nova Scotia will increase to $10.60 per hour. The minimum wage rate for inexperienced workers will increase to $10.10 per hour. The increase is based on a two percent increase in the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2014. There are a growing number of provinces Read more
Three New Mexico communities are increasing their minimum wage rates. Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Bernalillo each tie the minimum wage rate in their jurisdictions to increases in the cost of living from the previous year, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. Albuquerque Albuquerque’s Minimum Wage rate increased to $8.75 per hour effective January 1, Read more
Starting January 1, 2015, Arizonans will be seeing an increase to their minimum wage rate. As calculated by the Industrial Commission of Arizona, the minimum wage rate will increase to $8.05 per hour. For tipped employees, an employer may pay up to $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage if he or she establishes Read more
Effective January 1, 2015, state of Washington will have the country’s highest state minimum wage rate at $9.47 per hour. Washington is one of several states that annually adjust the minimum wage rate based on changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Since last year the CPI has increased 1.59 percent leading to state minimum Read more
Arkansas Minimum Wage Arkansas is one of four states where voters recently approved a statewide minimum wage rate increase that will be phased in over the next few years. The minimum wage will increase to $7.50 per hour on January 1, 2015, $8.00 per hour on January 1, 2016, and $8.50 per hour on January Read more
This November 4th, South Dakota voters will decide ballot measure to increase minimum wage. Measure 18 would increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 per hour, effective January 1, 2015. This measure would also address employees whose wages are made through tips. For tipped employees, the minimum wage would be half the minimum wage Read more
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has announced its annual proposed state minimum wage rate for 2015. Colorado Minimum Wage Order Number 31 establishes a minimum wage rate of $8.23 per hour, and $5.21 per hour for employees who regularly receive tips, effective January 1, 2015. The Colorado Constitution requires the state to adjust Read more
Minimum wage legislation exists for Canadian provinces and territories as included in labor and employment standards. Minimum wage laws stipulate the lowest rate an employer can pay employees who are covered under an Act or Standard and serve an important purpose: the protection of non-unionized workers in unskilled jobs. Minimum wage rate standards can, however, Read more
Today May 20, 2014 City of Philadelphia contractors and their first-tier subcontractors must pay workers $10.88 per hour. Then, beginning January 1, 2015, that rate increases to $12.00 per hour. According to Mayor Nutter, “no person who works on a City contract should live in poverty”. Click here for the news release. This executive order Read more
Vermont plans to raise the state minimum wage rate from $8.73 per hour to $10.50 per hour over the next four years under a bill that passed just before the legislative session ended on Saturday. Once the bill is signed into law, Vermont will lead with the highest scheduled minimum wage rate of any state Read more
