[Publib] Raising Wages

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Update on federal minimum wage legislation follows.   Note especially 
effective dates, and also that the federal law doesn't relieve  the burden of paying 
higher state minimums.    M. McGrorty
 
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May 24, 2007

Congress Poised to Vote  for Higher Minimum Wage 
By _STEPHEN LABATON_ 
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/stephen_labaton/index.html?inline=nyt-per)  (NY  Times)
 
WASHINGTON, May 24 — Congress is moving this afternoon towards approving the  
first increase in the federal minimum wage rate in a decade, in a vote that  
would be a victory for Democratic lawmakers and labor groups. 
The measure, which would raise the wage rate for the nation’s lowest paid  
workers to $7.25 an hour from $5.15 in three stages over the next two years, was 
 attached to the Iraq spending bill. The bill also includes $4.84 billion in 
tax  breaks on small businesses, which have made a case that the wage 
increases  represent an economic burden to them. 
President Bush has said he will sign the measure, which is expected to be  
approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate later tonight.  
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Provisions: 
SEC. 101. MINIMUM WAGE.
(a) In General- Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938  (29 
U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
`(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not less than--

`(A) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date of  enactment of 
the Minimum Wage Act of 2007;


`(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day;  and


`(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th  day;'.


(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect  
60 days after the date of enactment of this  Act.





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