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1/3/2017 |
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Arkansas minimum wage rises to $8.50 on New Year's Day, now $1.25 above federal standard |
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By Wesley Brown
TBP & NWA Business Journal
Some Arkansas workers will get a 50 cent boost in pay on New Year's Day when the state's minimum wage will rise from $8 to $8.50, Arkansas Department of Labor officials said Wednesday (Dec. 28).
"This is the final increment of the (Arkansas Minimum Wage Initiative) that was passed by voters in 2014," said Rosalyn Miller, public relations officer of the state Department of Labor.
Under the 2014 ballot initiated act, Arkansas' minimum wage rate was increased from $6.25 to $7.50 per hour in 2015, from $7.50 to $8 in 2016. It will rise the last time from $8 to $8.50 under the voter referred act on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
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