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Article: STATE REP. MICON NOTES THAT INDIANA'S LOWER-INCOME WORKERS WILL BENEFIT FROM STATE, FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE HIKES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 21, 2007
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Indiana State Rep. Joe Micon, D-26th District, issued the following news release:
As many as 36,000 Indiana workers on lower incomes will see increases in pay over the next two years, thanks to changes in state and federal minimum wage laws that take effect in July, according to State Rep. Joe Micon (D-West Lafayette).
Micon co-authored Public Law 165 (House Enrolled Act 1027), which ties increases in Indiana's minimum wage to the federal minimum wage starting on July 1. Both wages are currently set at $5.15 per hour, but will increase to $7.25 an hour in three stages over the next two years, thanks to action taken by Congress in late May. The wage will increase to $5.85 per hour on July ...