Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour. (SB681)
Introduced By
Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke) with support from co-patron Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2015, to $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2016, and to $10.10 per hour effective July 1, 2017, unless a higher minimum wage is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 10/06/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100390D |
| 10/06/2014 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 01/19/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15100678D-S1 |
| 01/19/2015 | Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
Thank you Sens. Marsden & Simon! Virginia needs a raise - especially the low-income citizens. Minimum wage has been raised at the federal level more than 20 times, with stronger growth following each increase. We have just about stopped giving the lowest earners a raise to keep up with cost of living, and certainly not with the increases in productvity that they helped to create.
The data show that paying the working poor a fair wage translates into increased spending and a boost in demand - just what our sluggish economy needs. One third of minimum wage earners are parents, most of them are single parents. It is a moral outrage that we allow CEO's to be paid more than $10,000 an hour while denying their workers at the bottom of the scale a raise to lift them out of poverty.
The only provision I would add is that tipped employees shall earn at least 50% of the Virginia or the Federal minimum wage, which ever is greater.