Press Release – May 31, 2015
Delaware Senate Majority Caucus
For Immediate Release
Contacts: Jesse Chadderdon (302) 744-4282 or (302) 743-0945;
Patrick Jackson (302) 744-4046 or (302) 242-0036
Delaware Senate Majority Caucus
For Immediate Release
Contacts: Jesse Chadderdon (302) 744-4282 or (302) 743-0945;
Patrick Jackson (302) 744-4046 or (302) 242-0036
Minimum wage increases Monday
Delawareans who work for the minimum wage will be getting a raise starting on Monday.
That’s because the second stage of a two-step increase in the hourly rate, approved by lawmakers last year, kicks in on June 1. The new rate will be $8.25 per hour.
“This provides a boost to help the people who are most struggling to get by in our economy,” said Sen. Robert Marshall, D-Wilmington West, who led the fight to get the new rate approved in Dover. “This is money that’s going to go right back into the economy helping people afford the necessities of life.”
This year, Marshall introduced a new minimum wage bill that would increase the wage to $10.25 per hour by 2019. Marshall’s new proposal would provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the wage rate. Lawmakers are expected to take up that bill in January.
Marshall developed the new legislation after a task force looking at issues affecting low-wage workers issued a report with recommendations on improving conditions for people who are working hard but struggling to get by.
“We wanted the current increase to take effect and be absorbed by the economy before we started debating the new proposal,” Marshall said. “But we think this new legislation will help address the overwhelming and often heart-wrenching cry the task force heard to move toward a wage that can make a difference in peoples’ lives.”
That’s because the second stage of a two-step increase in the hourly rate, approved by lawmakers last year, kicks in on June 1. The new rate will be $8.25 per hour.
“This provides a boost to help the people who are most struggling to get by in our economy,” said Sen. Robert Marshall, D-Wilmington West, who led the fight to get the new rate approved in Dover. “This is money that’s going to go right back into the economy helping people afford the necessities of life.”
This year, Marshall introduced a new minimum wage bill that would increase the wage to $10.25 per hour by 2019. Marshall’s new proposal would provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the wage rate. Lawmakers are expected to take up that bill in January.
Marshall developed the new legislation after a task force looking at issues affecting low-wage workers issued a report with recommendations on improving conditions for people who are working hard but struggling to get by.
“We wanted the current increase to take effect and be absorbed by the economy before we started debating the new proposal,” Marshall said. “But we think this new legislation will help address the overwhelming and often heart-wrenching cry the task force heard to move toward a wage that can make a difference in peoples’ lives.”
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Press Contacts
Scott Goss
Communications Director
(302) 744-4180
scott.goss@delaware.gov
Dylan McDowell
Communications Assistant
(302) 744-4282
dylan.mcdowell@delaware.gov
Scott Goss
Communications Director
(302) 744-4180
scott.goss@delaware.gov
Dylan McDowell
Communications Assistant
(302) 744-4282
dylan.mcdowell@delaware.gov