Delaware General Assembly

Defeated 3/20/18

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

1/12/17

Marshall

Sen. Henry

Sen. McDowell
Reps. Baumbach, Bentz, Heffernan, Keeley, Kowalko, Osienski, Paradee

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

This Act increases the minimum wage required to be paid in this State by 50 cents a year beginning in 2017 and ending in 2020. After 2020, the minimum wage required to be paid in this State increases based on cost-of-living adjustments under the federal Social Security Act.This Act also makes technical corrections to conform to existing law related to the State’s deferral to the federal minimum wage to the guidelines of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. In addition, this Act requires that employers pay an increased minimum wage based on cost-of-living adjustments under the federal Social Security Act in any year in which the federal minimum wage does not increase.

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