S 1925 - Increases the Minimum Wage - Massachusetts Key Vote

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Title: Increases the Minimum Wage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases the minimum hourly wage.

Highlights:

  • Increases the minimum wage from $8 per hour to the following amounts (Secs. 1-3 & 6-8):
    • $9 per hour, effective January 1, 2014;
    • $10 per hour, effective January 1, 2015; and 
    • $11 per hour, effective January 1, 2016.
  • Increases the minimum wage annually by the percentage increase of the consumer price index (CPI) for the previous 12 months and rounded up to the nearest $0.05 (Sec. 4).
  • Requires the minimum wage to be at least $0.50 higher than the federal minimum wage (Sec. 5). 

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