Labor & Employment Law

By Rod Stephens

Washington Minimum Wage Increase Coming Up

I know that employers have many items on their plate at this time of year. In Washington, this is the time of year is when employers learn the results of the annual recalculation of the state minimum wage that occurs as a result of the voter approved Initiative 688. That law requires the Department of Labor and Industries to adjust the state minimum wage annually based on the change in the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical workers.

This year the minimum wage will increase by 1.8 percent or 14 cents. Effective January 1, 2008, the minimum wage will be $8.07 per hour.

Full post as published by Employment Advisory on October 12, 2007 (boomark / email).