Truthdig -New minimum wage requirements will take effect in 20 states and
nearly two dozen cities around the start of the new year, affecting
millions of workers. The state wage hikes range from an extra nickel per
hour in Alaska to a $1-an-hour bump in Maine, Massachusetts and for
California employers with more than 25 workers.
Seattle’s largest employers will have to pay workers at least $16 an
hour starting Tuesday. In New York City, many businesses will have to
pay at least $15 an hour as of Monday. That’s more than twice the
federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.
A variety of other new state laws also take effect . Those
include revisions to sexual harassment policies stemming from the #MeToo
movement, restrictions on gun sales following deadly mass shootings and
revamped criminal penalties as officials readjust the balance between
punishment and rehabilitation.
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