{"id":506,"date":"2012-01-13T17:29:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T22:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/events-lindabury.blawgcloud.com\/?p=506"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:37:47","slug":"nj-legislature-proposes-minimum-wage-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/nj-legislature-proposes-minimum-wage-hike.html","title":{"rendered":"NJ Legislature Proposes Minimum Wage Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employment Law Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in three years, proposed legislation being championed by Senate and Assembly Democrats would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50. The bill was introduced despite the December recommendation from the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission that the rate remain unchanged for 2012. Should the bill be adopted, New Jersey&#8217;s minimum wage rate would be among the highest in the country, topped only by Oregon and Washington. Although Gov. Christie has hinted at a veto, he expressed his intention to listen to arguments on both sides of the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employment Law Newsletter For the first time in three years, proposed legislation being championed by Senate and Assembly Democrats would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50. The bill was introduced despite the December recommendation from the Minimum Wage Advisory Commission that the rate remain unchanged for 2012. 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