Minimum Wage Hike Dies As Time Runs Out At Legislature

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House and Senate conferees could not agree on compromise language on a measure that called for increasing Hawaii’s minimum wage.

Senate Bill 331 sought to hike the hourly wage from $7.25 an hour to at least $9 an hour.

House lead conferee Rep. Mark Nakashima said the House had spent about “95 percent” of its time deliberating over what to do with the tip credit portion of SB 331. 

Senate lead conferee Sen. Clayton Hee responded by saying, “It’s a damn shame that this Legislature could not come to a better conclusion to help people who are making below a lving wage.”

Read Civil Beat’s story, Who Can Survive On The Minimum Wage?

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