(WTXL) — Democrats in the House and the Senate have proposed legislation to move the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25, to $15 by 2025.
Today, I am introducing the Raise the Wage Act with my colleagues to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 26, 2021
The time for talk is over. No more excuses. We can no longer tolerate millions of workers making starvation wages.
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The bill would gradually increase minimum wage pay "in five steps over the next four years, increasing pay for nearly 32 million workers,” according to a press release.
If the House version of the bill is passed and signed by the president, the wage would increase to $9.50 when the bill goes into effect. The wage would then increase to $11 the following year, $12.50 in 2023, $14 in 2024, and $15 in 2025.
Employers cannot pay their employees less than the set minimum wage per hour rate established by federal law.
In the 2020 election, a supermajority of Florida voters approved the amendment to the Florida Constitution that will raise Florida's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026.
Under the amendment, the minimum wage in Florida will rise to $10 per hour on September 30th, 2021, and keep increasing by $1 per hour each year until the minimum wage reaches $15.00 per hour on September 30, 2026.
This is a developing story. Stay with us for details.
