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As for the wage legislation, which would have increased the current $12-per-hour minimum wage to $13.50 on Jan. 1, 2025, and then to $15 on Jan. 1, 2026, Youngkin said the bills would “imperil ...
Lucas had introduced the wage bill, which would have increase the minimum in Virginia to $13.50 per hour by January 2025 and to $15 per hour by January 2026. Currently, minimum wage in the ...
If Youngkin had signed them instead of issuing his veto, minimum wage in Virginia would have increased to $13.50 per hour by January 1, 2025, and then to $15 per hour by January 1, 2026.
As for the wage legislation, which would have increased the current $12-per-hour minimum wage to $13.50 on Jan. 1, 2025, and then to $15 on Jan. 1, 2026, Youngkin said the bills would “imperil market freedom and economic competitiveness.”
In 2019, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed H.R.582, The Raise the Wage Act, [16] which would have gradually raised the minimum wage to $15 per hour. It was not taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate. In January 2021, Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives reintroduced the bill. [17]
Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status 115th Congress: Raise the Wage Act H.R. 15: May 25, 2017 Bobby Scott (D-VA) 171 Died in committee S. 1242: May 25, 2017 Bernie Sanders (D-VT) 31 Died in committee 116th Congress: Raise the Wage Act H.R. 582: January 16, 2019 Bobby Scott (D-VA) 205 ...
The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 [3] is a US Act of Congress that amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour. It was signed into law on May 25, 2007 as part of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations ...
State lawmakers’ recent efforts to raise the minimum wage, including a bill to pay workers at least $10 an ... While West Virginia’s minimum wage jumped to $8.75 from $8 at the end of 2015 ...