A report examining minimum wage laws found that state preemption of previously enacted minimum wage laws...

Written By Adam Polaski

A report examining minimum wage laws found that state preemption of previously enacted minimum wage laws in 12 cities and counties affected nearly 346,000 workers and resulted in nearly $1.5 billion of lost income per year. These preemption laws disproportionately harmed women, people of color, and communities with high rates of poverty.  Read more from Laura Huizar and Yannet Lathrop. Fighting Wage Preemption: How Workers Have Lost Billions in Wages and How We Can Restore Local Democracy. National Employment Law Project. July 2019. https://s27147.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/Fighting-Wage-Preemption-Report-7-19.pdf. 

TAGGED: Worker Protection, Minimum Wage

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