Minimum wage in Ohio increases to $7.70 per hour today
Associated Press
COLUMBUS
Ohioans who earn minimum wage will see a boost in their hourly pay beginning today. The state’s minimum wage has increased 30 cents to $7.70 per hour.
The increase is part of a constitutional amendment voters approved in 2006, which says minimum wage will increase each year at the rate of inflation.
The $7.70 rate applies to workers 16 and older who don’t get tips. The wage for tipped employees will be $3.85, up 15 cents, but their total pay cannot be less than $7.70 hourly.
The wage will be required from employers who gross more than $283,000 annually, up from the current $271,000.
For smaller companies, and for 14- and 15-year-old workers, the minimum wage matches the federal rate, currently $7.25 per hour.
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Bring on the pink slips. Thanks again to the strangling hand of government for shaking down the private sector!
oldstown your an idiot.
oldtown is on the money,,,wanna make more money ? go get an education! In the middle of a recession is NOT the time to raise the cost of hiring people!