LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Simplifying Nevada’s minimum wage is the goal of question two on the ballot in the midterm election.
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The minimum wage is already going up a bit each year and supporters of the measure want it to go up the same for everyone.
Back in 2019, Nevada lawmakers agreed the state’s minimum wage should go up.
Assembly bill 456 created a 75-cent increase every year until 2024.
In July, it went to $10.50 an hour, or $9.50 an hour, the discrepancy is based on whether an employer offers health insurance and supporters of question two aren’t in favor of it.
Annette Magnus is with Battle Born Progress a non-profit organization and uses strategic communication efforts to empower, engage and mobilize Nevada voters, according to its website.
Magnus said question two makes minimum wage fair.
If approved, instead of two different increases everything would stay the same.
“They should’ve been paying the employees the right way all along and offering health insurance,” Magnus said. “It’s just what employers are going to have to do. They’re going to have to pay a living wage to attract good employees.”
Magnus also believes that many employers are simply offering bad health insurance that way they can pay workers a dollar an hour less. She added that with the Affordable Care Act, companies can’t take advantage anymore.
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