At a minimum
North Carolina’s minimum wage rises to $6.15 an hour on Jan. 1. Gov. Easley sent this press release to mark the occasion.
Tar Heels won’t be the only ones looking at a minimum wage increase. From the National Conference of State Legislature’s release on new laws around the nation:
- Workers making minimum wage in North Carolina will get a pay raise. Effective January 1, 2007, the minimum wage in North Carolina will be $6.15 per hour. (General Assembly of North Carolina, 2006 Session, HB 2174)
- Hawaii’s minimum wage will increase on January 1 to $7.25 per hour. (Hawaii 23rd Legislature 2005, SB 294)
- Rhode Island’s minimum wage will increase on January 1 to $7.40 per hour. (Rhode Island General Assembly, 2006 Session, H 6718)
- Massachusetts’ minimum wage will increase on January 1 to $7.50 per hour. (Massachusetts General Court, 2006 Session, H 4781)
- Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on January 1 to $7.65 per hour. (Connecticut General Assembly, 2005 Regular Session, HB 6228)
For more on the minimum wage in North Carolina, click here.
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Posted on December 28, 2006 6:28 PM