Hawaii Senate Proposes $12 Minimum Wage By 2022 - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Senate Proposes $12 Minimum Wage By 2022
The measure has received pushback from the local business community, which is still dealing with the economic fallout brought on by the pandemic.
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Hawaii lawmakers on Monday took a preliminary step toward increasing the minimum wage to $12 by July 2022.
The Senate Labor, Culture and the Arts Committee unanimously agreed to move forward with a measure to increase Hawaii’s minimum wage for the first time in four years. Hawaii’s wages last increased to the current $10.10 an hour in 2018.
Senate Bill 676 does not make any further step increases, and labor advocates also urged the lawmakers to raise the minimum wage to $17 in the next five years.