Hawaii Raises Minimum Wage to $10.10 by 2018
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 24th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Hawaii Raises Minimum Wage to $10.10 by 2018
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie on Friday approved a gradual hike in the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, as Democrats seek to make raising pay for hourly workers an issue ahead of this year’s midterm congressional elections. The move makes Hawaii the latest in a string of Democratic-dominated states including California and Maryland to pass or enact legislation raising the minimum wage to at or above the $10 mark, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The new law, approved overwhelmingly by Hawaii lawmakers in April, will raise Hawaii’s base wage in stages to reach $10.10 by January 2018 from a current level of $7.25, which is also the federal minimum.