The minimum wage in Massachusetts is set to increase to $15 per hour beginning on Jan. 1, 2023.
The minimum wage increase is part of a bill that also called for an annual August sales tax holiday and paid leave for workers. Gov. Charlie Baker signed the bill into law during the summer of 2018.
Massachusetts has now one of the highest minimum wages in the country, trailing only Washington D.C., which has a minimum wage of $16.10 per hour.
Here's what to know about the minimum wage increase:
The law that passed
In 2018, Massachusetts passed a law where minimum wage would increase by a dollar per hour every year until it reached $15 per hour in 2023.
Who benefits from the law
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Employees' minimum wage will be $15 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2023. One estimate says it will increase the wages of one quarter of the Massachusetts' workforce
Tipped employees will also be getting a raise to $6.75 per hour in 2023. If the total hourly rate does not add up to $15 per hour, the employer must make up the difference.
Who it does not apply to
The minimum wage applies to all employees except agricultural workers, for most of whom the minimum wage is $8, members of a religious order, workers being trained in certain educational, nonprofit, or religious organizations and outside salespeople.
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