Portland Minimum Wage 2016
Cars traverse on Tuesday on Congress Street in Portland, where the City Council on Monday voted to increase the minimum wage for Portland workers to $10.10 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2016. Starting Jan. 1, 2016, minimum wage workers in Portland will see a $2.60 jump per hour. Or get more info at the local office of the Wage and Hour Division. Portland Raises Minimum Wage City Workers. The Portland City Council voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for about 173 full-time city workers and contractors to $15 per hour. PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Portland City Council voted Monday night 6-3 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 on Jan. 1, 2016. The proposal recommended by the Finance Committee would have set a citywide minimum of $8.75 an hour on Jan. 1 of 2016, and increase after that. The city's minimum wage will increase on January 1 — and so might the tipped minimum wage due to an unexpected circumstance. On Monday night, the Portland council voted 6-3 to raise the minimum wage from $7.50 to $10.10 per hour starting January 1, 2016. New Seasons Market announced that it will raise the minimum starting wage at all of its stores to $12 per hour in January 2016, a $2 increase from their current base pay of $10 per hour. Troy R. Bennett | BDN. Cars traverse on Tuesday on Congress Street in Portland, where the City Council on Monday voted to increase the minimum wage for Portland workers to $10.10 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2016. The Portland City Council voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for about 173 full-time city workers and contractors to $15 per hour. Most of the affected workers are janitors, parking attendants, and security workers paid by contractors who are subject to the amended Fair Wage policy. Cars traverse on Tuesday on Congress Street in Portland, where the City Council on Monday voted to increase the minimum wage for Portland workers to $10.10 per hour starting Jan. 1, 2016. Buy Photo. PORTLAND, Maine — Despite a more modest recommendation from its Finance Committee, the City Council on Monday voted 6-3 to create a minimum wage for Portland workers of $10.10 per hour.
$7.50 to $10.10 per hour 