Vetoed by Governor Tim Pawlenty

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

A vote to pass a bill that increases the minimum wage.

Highlights:

- Increases the minimum wage that must be paid by large employers to $6.75 an hour by July 24, 2008, and to $7.75 an hour by July 24, 2009 (Sec. 1). - Defines large employers as businesses with gross sales exceeding $625,000 a year (Sec. 1). - Increases the minimum wage that must be paid by small employers to $5.75 an hour by July 24, 2008, and to $6.75 an hour by July 24, 2009 (Sec. 1). - Defines small employers as businesses with gross sales less than $625,000 a year (Sec. 1).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

A vote to pass a bill that increases the minimum wage.

Highlights:

- Increases the minimum wage that must be paid by large employers to $6.75 an hour by July 24, 2008, and to $7.75 an hour by July 24, 2009 (Sec. 1). - Defines large employers as businesses with gross sales exceeding $625,000 a year (Sec. 1). - Increases the minimum wage that must be paid by small employers to $5.75 an hour by July 24, 2008, and to $6.75 an hour by July 24, 2009 (Sec. 1). - Defines small employers as businesses with gross sales less than $625,000 a year (Sec. 1).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that raises the small employer minimum wage to $6.75 an hour and the large employer minimum wage to $7.90 an hour by July 24, 2009.

Highlights:

-Defines large employers as having a gross volume of $625,000 or more per year and small employers as having a gross volume of less than $625,000 per year (Sec. 1). -Allows an employer to pay an employee under the age of 20 years a wage of $5.25 an hour during the first 90 consecutive days of employment, effective July 24, 2008 (Sec. 1). -Requires the minimum wage to increase after 2009 at the same rate as the percentage increase in the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (Sec. 1).

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that raises the small employer minimum wage to $6.75 and the large employer minimum wage to $7.75 by August 1, 2008.

Highlights:

- Raises the minimum wage for large employers from $6.15 to $6.75 by August 1, 2007 and then to $7.75 by August 1, 2008 (sec. 1). - Raises the minimum wage for small employers from $5.25 to $5.75 by August 1, 2007 and then to $6.75 by August 1, 2008 (sec. 1). - Increases the minimum wage yearly, according to the consumer price index, starting November 1, 2008 (sec. 1). - Defines a large employer as a business that has yearly gross sales of over $625,000, and a small employer as one who has yearly gross sales less then $625,000 (sec. 1). - Eliminates ‘training pay’ during the first 90 days of employment for an employee under the age of 20 (sec. 1).

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