Local business owners and advocates of raising the minimum wage are struggling to find common ground amid conflicting studies and political posturing.
“This has been a long time coming,” Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, announced before attending a Labor and Public Employees Committee’s public hearing on a bill that would increase Connecticut’s minimum wage to $15 by 2022.
It’s been roughly five years since Connecticut gradually phased in the $10.10 hourly minimum wage that’s been in effect since 2017.“This legislation … will help bring much-needed revenue back into the state economy by putting more disposable income into the pocket of […]
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