Excerpt: | Washington State’s minimum wage will rise thirty-seven cents an hour to $9.04 beginning in January, the Department of Labor & Industries announced today. Initiative 688, which voters overwhelmingly passed in 1998, requires the Department of Labor & Industries to adjust the minimum wage annually to account for inflation. (I‑688, which NPI’s Steve Zemke was involved […] |
Published at: | 4:09 PM on Friday, September 30th, 2011 |
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Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
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Categories: | Economic Security, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Fair Wages & Benefits, Market Regulation |
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Washington’s minimum wage to rise to $9.04 an hour beginning in January