Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont state’s minimum wage increased today, January 1, 2022, to $12.55 per hour. This is an increase of $0.80 from the previous minimum wage of $11.75.
This annual adjustment also impacts the minimum wage for tipped employees. The Basic Tipped Wage Rate for service, or “tipped employees,” equals 50% of the full minimum wage. On January 1, 2022, the tipped minimum wage increases from $5.88 to $6.28 per hour.
The minimum wage and tipped minimum wage are adjusted annually in accordance with Vermont law and take effect at the start of the new year.
Any employee who believes they are not being compensated fairly, according to this law, is encouraged to contact the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Unit at 802-951-4083 or online at Labor.Vermont.gov/Rights-and-Wages(link is external).
Additional information on the Vermont Department of Labor and its resources may be found at Labor.Vermont.gov(link is external).
Meanwhile the federal minimum wage of $7.25 has not changed since 2009, even as nearly half of the country will increase minimum wages for hourly workers after January 1, 2022.
Twenty-five states are on a schedule for annual increases to eventually reach $15 an hour (California will begin $15 an hour starting today for employers with more than 25 employees); 20 states follow the federal (or no) minimum.
Some local entities already have increased their minimum wage to $15 an hour. Seattle and four cities in California, including San...
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