Fair Minimum Wage Act

Also relevant to:Low-income / working-class W-2 worker (non-union)

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Plain-English Summary

This bill would increase the state minimum wage to $15 per hour, with automatic annual adjustments for inflation. It also establishes a lower minimum wage for businesses with less than $400,000 in annual receipts and allows local governments to set higher minimum wages. Additionally, the bill creates a North Carolina Wage Board to review wages and a Short-Time Compensation Program to help prevent layoffs by reducing work hours instead.

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Votes

Sponsorship · 40 Sponsors

Democrat40Republican0Independent0Other0

D · PrimeLindsey Prather
D · PrimeTim Longest
D · PrimeAllen Buansi
D · PrimeKanika Brown
D · CoEric Ager
D · CoVernetta Alston
D · CoAmber Baker
D · CoCynthia Ball
D · CoMary Belk
D · CoGloristine Brown
D · CoTerry Brown
D · CoDeb Butler
D · CoBecky Carney
D · CoMaria Cervania
D · CoTracy Clark
D · CoBryan Cohn
D · CoMike Colvin
D · CoAmanda Cook
D · CoSarah Crawford
D · CoAllison Dahle
D · CoJulia Greenfield
D · CoMary Harrison
D · CoZack Forde-Hawkins
D · CoMonika Johnson-Hostler
D · CoAbraham Jones
D · CoYa Liu
D · CoBrandon Lofton
D · CoCarolyn Logan
D · CoJordan Lopez
D · CoNasif Majeed
D · CoMarcia Morey
D · CoRodney Pierce
D · CoRenee Price
D · CoAmos Quick
D · CoRobert Reives
D · CoJames Roberson
D · CoPhil Rubin
D · CoCharles Smith
D · CoBrian Turner
D · CoJulie von Haefen

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