NJBIZ: NJ minimum wage crosses $15 threshold
By Matthew Fazelpoor
NJBIZ, January 1, 2024
As 2024 rings in, it also marks the crossing of a notable threshold here in the Garden State when the minimum wage increases Jan. 1 to $15.13 per hour. That figure, affecting some 350,000 of New Jersey’s nearly 1.9 million hourly workers, surpasses the $15 per hour goal set into law in 2019 and makes the state one of just a handful to reach that mark. ...
In a press release, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage applauded the 22 states (including New Jersey) that are ringing in...