With a new year comes a host of new laws and regulations in states and cities across the country.
Residents and business leaders will have to abide by some major changes to their current policies following laws passed by state legislatures and ballot measures approved by voters. These laws deal with issues like raising the minimum wage, improving workplace pay transparency and legalizing marijuana.
Here are some of the notable new laws to hit the books next year.
Twenty-seven states will see minimum wage increases in 2023 with the majority of the states implementing them starting Jan. 1.
The new salary floor comes following calls from workers' rights groups, elected officials and others to increase wages for low-income workers.
Of the states that increased their minimum wages in 2023, Montana is the state with the lowest rate at $9.95 an hour, while Washington state is the highest at $15.74 an hour.
New York City, and its surrounding counties, will have a $15.00 minimum wage, which is 80 cents higher than the new minimum wage for the rest of the state, according to New York's minimum wage laws.
Oregon will decide its minimum wage in July based on the Consumer Price Index and there will be a different minimum wage for the Portland area.
Two states are joining Oregon and New York City as locations that will require employers to post information about their salaries to prospective employees starting Jan. 1.
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