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Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill today that will raise the minimum wage paid by Minnesota's large employers to $9.50 an hour by 2016.

Dayton was surrounded by supporters of the increase, including the bill's authors Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley and Sen. Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis.

The law also begins automatic inflationary increases in the minimum wage starting in 2018, unless the commissioner of the State Department of Labor and Industry decides the economy could not handle an increase.

The law phases in the increase, setting a $9.50 minimum wage for businesses with gross sales over $500,000 in 2016. The first increase comes in August of this year when the hourly wage goes to $8.00. It goes to $9.00 in August 2015.

The last time the state raised the minimum wage was in 2005.

• $7.75 minimum wage for businesses under $500,000 in gross sales in 2016. $6.50 in August 2014, $7.25 in August 2015.

• The $7.75 minimum wage rate would also apply for large businesses in the following circumstances: 90 day training wage for 18 and 19 year olds, all 16 and 17 year olds and employees working under a J1 visa.

• Beginning in 2018, all wages would increase each year on January 1st by inflation measured by the implicit price deflator capped at 2.5 percent.

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Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill today that will raise the minimum wage paid by Minnesota’s large employers to $9.50 an hour by 2016. Dayton was surrounded by supporters of the increase, including the bill’s authors Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley and Sen. Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis. The law also begins automatic inflationary increases in the 

Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill today that will raise the minimum wage paid by Minnesota’s large employers to $9.50 an hour by 2016. Dayton was surrounded by supporters of the increase, including the bill’s authors Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley and Sen. Jeff Hayden, DFL-Minneapolis. The law also begins automatic inflationary increases in the Read more →


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