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<td>Act now! Minimum wage!</td>
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<td>Mon, 7 Apr 2014 21:41:29 +0000</td>
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<td>Tomasetti, Leah <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:LTomasetti@mnchamber.com"><LTomasetti@mnchamber.com></a></td>
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<td>Tomasetti, Leah
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:resp-6l6v5-7srp7-flg5h@mnchamberexecutives.chambermaster.com"><resp-6l6v5-7srp7-flg5h@mnchamberexecutives.chambermaster.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Karen@MoraMN.com"><Karen@MoraMN.com></a></td>
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just sent an alert out to members on the agreement that was
reached today on the minimum wage. If this bill passes,
Minnesota will have one of the highest minimum wages in the
country. The proposal also includes annual inflationary
increases in the wage. Please forward this alert to your
members. Urge them to contact their legislators by
Wednesday. They can email their legislators directly by
accessing the link at the bottom of the email. Thank you
for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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the Minnesota House
and Senate DFL
leadership agreed on
legislation that will
dramatically raise
Minnesota's minimum
wage to $9.50 in 2016
with an inflationary
increase. If passed,
Minnesota will have
one of the highest
minimum wages in the
nation. Your
legislator needs to
hear from you as soon
as possible!<br>
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The bill includes: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span
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minimum wage for
businesses with
gross sales over
$500,000 in 2016.
Phased in over 3
years from $7.25
currently to $8.00
in August 2014;
$8.50 in August 2015
and to $9.50 in
August 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span
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minimum wage for
businesses under
$500,000 in gross
sales in 2016.
Phased in over 3
years from $6.15 to
$6.50 in August
2014; $7.25 in
August 2015 and to
$7.75 in August
2016. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span
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wage cut off has
been reduced from
$625,000 to
$500,000.)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The
$7.75 minimum wage
also applies to
large businesses
for: a 90 day
training wage for 18
and 19 year olds;
all 16 and 17 year
olds; and employees
working under a J1
visa.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Beginning
in 2018, all wages
would increase
annually on January
1st through an
inflation adjustment
called the implicit
price deflator. The
implicit price
deflator is similar
to the Consumer
Price Index. Wage
growth will be
capped at 2.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span
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increase could be
suspended for one
year by the
Commissioner of the
Department of Labor
and Industry (DOLI)
if leading economic
indicators show a
possible substantial
economic downturn.
The suspension
could only be
implemented after a
public hearing and
comment period. In
better economic
times, the
suspended increase
could be added back.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">This
increase is roughly
the equivalent of a
31% increase on most
businesses' minimum
employee cost. The
bill makes Minnesota
an outlier in the
nation:
<em><b><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">only
ten states index
minimum wage to
inflation, and
none of them
have a minimum
wage as high as
$9.50.</span></b></em><br>
<br>
These proposed changes
will
disproportionately
affect small
businesses in
Minnesota, our border
communities, young
people, and
entry-level workers.
Minimum wage jobs
give young and
low-skilled workers
the opportunity to
learn important "soft
skills" that cannot be
taught in schools:
self-confidence,
attention to detail,
time management,
problem solving, and
communication skills. <br>
<br>
<em><b><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">It's
critical that
you weigh in by
Wednesday, April
9!</span></b></em> Contact
your Senators and
Representatives as
soon as possible and
ask them to oppose
this proposal. Tell
them to raise the
state's minimum wage
to the federal level
of $7.25, remove the
annual inflation
adjustment and adopt a
youth wage at the
federal rate that
applies to all workers
under the age of 18.<br>
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Thank you. <br>
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