Labor Panel Passes Bill That Would Charge Big Employers With Low-Wage Workers
Source: Courant
By Mara Lee
HARTFORD — The legislature's labor committee voted 6-4 Tuesday to advance a bill that would levy fees on large for-profit employers with low-wage workers.
The measure, which would raise hundreds of millions of dollars a year for state coffers, would charge employers a fee of $1 an hour for each worker paid an hourly wage of $15 or less. The bill would affect all non-union, for-profit companies with 500 workers or more. A similar bill, which has already passed the committee, covers companies with 250 workers or more.
Individual franchises would be included, because the franchisers' total employment would meet the 500-worker threshold.
Employers with unionized workers — such as Stop & Shop or for-profit nursing home chains — would not be penalized for sub-$15 wages until the current contracts expire.
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Health care and fast food workers picketed outside a Dunkin' Donuts on Spencer Street in Manchester Wednesday morning, calling for a $15 minimum wage. (Michael McAndrews)
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