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CT HB05388
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/1/2018
Primary Sponsor
Labor and Public Employees Committee
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AI Summary
- Increases Connecticut's minimum wage to $12.00 per hour effective January 1, 2019, $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2020, and $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2021.
- Establishes automatic annual adjustments to the minimum wage effective July 1, 2022 and each July 15 thereafter, based on the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners in the Northeast urban area.
- Rounds minimum wage adjustments to the nearest five cents and implements new rates on January 1 following each July 15 announcement.
- Maintains existing provisions that the minimum wage shall be no less than one-half of one percent above the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater.
- Keeps learner and beginner rates at 85 percent of the minimum wage for the first 200 hours of employment, then equal to the full minimum wage thereafter.
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning A Fair Minimum Wage.
Last Action
Tabled for the Calendar, House
4/18/2018
Committee Referrals
Appropriations4/10/2018
Labor and Public Employees3/1/2018
Full Bill Text
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