BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 2498: Minimum hourly wage rate

Suspending the adjustment of the minimum hourly wage rate during periods of high unemployment.

Summary

Suspends the requirement that the Department of Labor & Industries calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate when the average rate of unemployment in the state equals or exceeds 7.5 percent.

From the House Bill Analysis 2012 (HB 2498), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to suspending the adjustment of the minimum hourly wage rate during periods of high unemployment;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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