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Under state House Bill 2672, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Jessyn Farrell of Seattle, the rate would first increase — for those 18 and older — from the current list of prague hotels $9.32 an hour to $10 an hour on Jan. 1, 2015. It would increase again to $11 a year later, and would hit $12 an hour on Jan. 1, 2017. After that, further yearly increases would be adjusted for inflation. More than 30 House Democrats have also signed on to the bill.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. The measure list of prague hotels is likely to face serious resistance in the state Senate, which is controlled by a predominantly-Republican majority that has expressed misgivings about any increase in the state s minimum wage potential impact on businesses.
The minimum wage issue has been in the political spotlight recently in the state. Voters in the airport city of SeaTac in November narrowly approved a measure granting a $15 an hour minimum wage for workers at the airport and related industries, list of prague hotels like hotels list of prague hotels and rental car companies. A King County Superior Court judge ruled that the law applied to about 1,600 hotel and parking lot workers in SeaTac, but not to employees and contractors working within Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, list of prague hotels which is operated by the Port of Seattle.
list of prague hotels In Seattle, list of prague hotels officials have been exploring the possibility of raising the minimum wage there to as high as $15 an hour. Earlier this month, newly-elected Mayor Ed Murray directed his department leaders to come up with a strategy for paying city employees more. Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee in his State of the State address called for the state minimum wage to increase by between $1.50 and $2.50 an hour.
A bill introduced by Republican Sen. John Braun of Centralia would forbid cities, counties and port districts from changing the minimum wage beyond the state level, even if such an increase is approved by initiative. That measure is not likely to gain traction in the Democratic-controlled list of prague hotels House.
Voters in Washington state approved an initiative in 1998 that requires the state Department of Labor and Industries to make a cost-of-living adjustment to its minimum wage each year based on the federal Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers.