Governor Christie has talked with Legislative leaders about their plan to boost the minimum wage in Jersey from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour - but he hasn't decided yet whether to support the proposal.
You might be shocked to learn that the minimum wage for tipped employees in New Jersey is just over two dollars an hour.
A bill to increase the New Jersey's minimum wage to $8.50 per hour from its current rate of $7.25, and index it to the Consumer Price Index to ensure annual adjustments that are in line with increases in the cost of living was approved by the Senate Labor Committee yesterday.
Legislation to increase New Jersey's hourly minimum wage to $8.50 and require the rate to then be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index was approved Thursday afternoon by the Assembly Labor Committee by a vote of 6-2-1. Read reaction from those for and against the bill.
Legislation to increase New Jersey's hourly minimum wage to $8.50 and require the rate to then be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index was approved this afternoon by the Assembly Labor Committee by a vote of 6-2-1. The current minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver says she's willing to work with Gov. Chris Christie and other lawmakers to get a minimum wage increase signed into law.
