Minimum Wage set to increase in 2017 in NYS

“It would be disruptive to job seekers and would cause businesses to figure out ways to automate, and that will mean fewer minimum-wage jobs are available”, he said.

California, New York and MI are among the states with increases taking effect Saturday or Sunday. Let’s look at the list to see what stands out among these minimum wage boosts.

Rene Hall-Ironside, 49, of Port Huron, said she disagrees and doesn’t support the minimum wage increase.

Arizona is seeing the biggest increase.

Ohio’s wage is tied to the U.S. Consumer Price Index, or inflation rate.

Trump, who carried Arizona with 49 percent of the vote, has taken inconsistent positions on the minimum wage. The former $7.40 rate was set in 2009.

In Maryland, the minimum wage will increase from $8.75 to $9.25. And while tipped workers will also get a bump, they still will make half of what non tipped workers do.

Vermont’s minimum wage will rise to $10 an hour January 1, and the minimum basic wage for tipped employees will go to $5. The employee demanded payment of the full amount of the attendance premium in addition to an hourly wage of Euro 8.50 gross.

In South Dakota, the minimum wage will increase from $8.55 to $8.65.

The highest statewide minimum wage in the country will be $11, in MA and Washington.

Such as, does the higher wage apply to part-time workers?

Minimum wage workers in California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington and 15 other states will see higher numbers on their paychecks at the start of 2017.

In every state, according to research by People’s Action Institute, the minimum wage falls far short of an actual living wage. They ranges from Democratic strongholds like California and NY to traditionally Republican states like Arizona. Even a handful of solidly red states have opted to raise their minimum wages.

California will raise its wage to $10.50 for businesses with 26 or more employees. The hikes come after dozens of bills and ballot measures were passed by voters and local lawmakers in recent years, moving local minimum wages well above the federal floor of .25 per hour.

After 2020, according to the law, the minimum wage will continue to $15 but on a schedule determined by the state budget and labor departments. Schleifer says that in his group’s internal polling, people were less concerned that raising the minimum wage would hurt jobs than they were by just how low the wage floor was where they lived.