03-31-2016, 05:42 PM
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California to have a $15/hr minimum wage
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SACRAMENTO ? In votes that drew cheers from low-wage workers inside and outside the state Capitol on Thursday, Democrats swiftly pushed a bill through the Legislature to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.
Almost immediately, Gov. Jerry Brown announced he would sign it at a ceremony Monday in Los Angeles. The bill, SB3 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, drew opposition from Republicans ? not one of whom voted for it in the Senate or Assembly ? and business-group leaders who said it will force job cuts and higher prices for consumers.
... SB3 will increase the minimum wage to $10.50 an hour in 2017 and $11 in 2018; then it will go up an additional $1 an hour every year until reaching $15 in 2022. After that, it will be tied to the Consumer Price Index and rise up to 3.5 percent each year.
Small businesses with 25 or fewer employees have an extra year, until 2023, to reach the $15 wage level. ...
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$15 minimum wage passes; Gov. Brown plans to sign - SFGate
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