BOSTON (CBS) — The new year will bring a pay bump for some hourly workers in Massachusetts.
The state’s minimum wage will rise 75 cents from $13.50 an hour to $14.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2022.
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These are the latest steps in the plan enacted into law in 2018 to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023, while phasing out time-and-a-half pay for Sundays and holidays.
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The Massachusetts minimum wage will be nearly double the federal minimum wage, which has stayed at $7.25 since 2009.
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The tipped minimum wage will rise to $6.15 on Jan. 1.
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