Governor Lincoln Chafee recently signed legislation raising the state’s minimum wage. The minimum wage rate will increase by one dollar from the current $8.00 per hour to $9.00 per hour effective January 1, 2015. So far there are four additional states with minimum wage increases effective January 1, 2015. They are Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont and Read more
Rhode Island’s Governor, Lincoln Chafee, has signed a minimum wage bill that increases the state’s minimum wage rate for hourly workers. Rhode Island’s current minimum wage of $7.75 went into effect in January 2013, also a result of enacted legislation. The 25 cent per hour jump puts Rhode Island just under Vermont with a minimum Read more
Labor Law Compliance Alert! Rhode Island minimum wage earners will see a bump up in their paychecks starting January 1, 2013. For the past 6 years Rhode Island’s minimum wage was $7.40 per hour. During the 2012 legislative session Governor Lincoln Chafee signed a bill raising the wage rate by 35 cents to $7.75 per Read more
The minimum wage in Rhode Island will increase in 2013. Since 2007 the minimum wage rate has been $7.40 per hour. This will increase by 35 cents to $7.75 per hour. This minimum wage hike represents the first raise for workers since before the Great Recession. For an average worker who works full-time this means Read more
Minimum wage workers in Rhode Island have been dreaming of a pay raise for years. Now, their dreams are a reality. Governor Lincoln Chafee just signed a bill into law that will give the state’s minimum wage workers their first raise since 2007. Starting on January 1, 2013, Rhode Island’s minimum wage workers will earn Read more
For the first time in five years, Rhode Island’s minimum wage workers could get a pay raise. Now that a new bill has been approved by both the State House and Senate, the final decision lies with Governor Lincoln Chafee. If Governor Chafee signs the bill, Rhode Island’s minimum wage rate will go from $7.40 Read more
