#hawaii minimum wage

Hawai‘i Chamber of Commerce Comments on Deferment of Minimum Wage Increase

Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i President and CEO Sherry Menor-McNamara released a statement regarding the Hawai‘i Legislature’s decision not to raise the minimum wage.

WAM Sends Minimum Wage Bill to Senate

The state Legislature moved to raise Hawai‘i’s minimum wage to $15 by 2023.

Survey: Hawai‘iʻs Minimum Wage Falls Short of Survival Needs

Hawai‘iʻs current minimum wage of $10.10 falls $5.29 short of the income needed to meet expenses.

Bill Advances to Increase Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour

The Hawai‘i Senate announces that today, measures intended to boost the state’s economy by increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next two years.

Hawai‘i Minimum Wage to Increase to $10.10 on Jan. 1

The minimum wage in Hawai‘i will increase from $9.25 to $10.10 per hour beginning on Jan. 1, 2018.

Gabbard, Sanders, Dem Leaders Introduce Legislation to Raise Minimum Wage

The Raise the Wage Act would give more than 41 million low-wage workers a raise, increasing the wages of almost 30% of the U.S. workforce.

Bill Raising Hawaii’s Minimum Wage Signed Into Law

Act 82 incrementally raises the current rate of $7.25 an hour, which was set in 2007, to $10.10 an hour by Jan. 1, 2018.

Obama Unsuccessful in Urging Senate to Follow Hawaii’s Lead

The president failed in an attempt today to sway Senate Republicans to abandon their filibuster blocking a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10.