Connecticut’s hourly minimum wage increases to $15 on June 1, 2023, the last stage in a series of five scheduled increases that began in 2019.
The $1 increase over the current $14 represents a near 50% increase in the four years since Gov. Ned Lamont signed enabling legislation into law.
The legislation increased the hourly wage by $1 every 11 months, taking it from $10.10 to $15.
Employers are legally obligated to pay employees the updated wage on and after June 1, which falls on a Thursday.
This means employers can choose to pay employees $14 for every hour leading up to June 1, but must adjust payroll from that date.
Connecticut law retains a $6.38 minimum wage for tipped workers, which includes restaurant waiters, and the $8.23 minimum for bartenders. However, the employee must make at least $15 per hour including tips.
It also includes a 90-day, $10.10 hourly training wage for 16- and 17-year-old workers.
Beginning in 2024, Connecticut law requires the state’s minimum wage to be indexed to the employment cost index as calculated by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Any increase after Jan. 1, 2024 will be tied to the quarterly metric created by the U.S. DOL’s employment cost index.
After June 1, Connecticut’s minimum wage will be tied with Massachusetts for third highest in the country after Washington ($15.74) and California ($15.50).
Twenty states are tied for the lowest hourly wage, $7.25, which is the federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt...
A TOP police officer has been reported to a policing watchdog for making “false and inflammatory statements” about Palestine marches. The Palestine Coalition, an umbrella group which organises dem...