As we reported last week in Blank Rome Workplace, New Jersey employers need to get ready for minimum wage increasing to $15 per hour. The bill, which passed on party lines last Thursday, was signed into law today by Governor Murphy. It provides the following timetable to raise the minimum wage:
- $15 per hour by 2024, for most minimum wage earners;
- $15 per hour by 2026, for minimum wage earners at seasonal businesses and small businesses;
- $12.50 per hour by 2024, for agricultural minimum wage earners; and
- $5.13 per hour by 2022, for tipped earners.
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