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Minimum-wage hike advances in N.J. Senate
A plan to hike New Jersey’s minimum wage by $1.25 to $8.50 an hour is a step closer to approval after the Senate Labor Committee passed it, 3-1, Thursday.
The bill, which would peg the wage rate to inflation, passed an Assembly committee last month.
Sen. Dawn Marie Addiego (R., Burlington) said she opposed the bill this is not the right time to hit businesses with a payroll increase. Employers might lay off the very people the bill aims to assist, she said. (Farrell, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
