Recently, a controversial bill seeking to raise Delawareâs minimum hourly wage to $15 per hour was passed by the Senate and is currently pending consideration in the House of Representatives.
The stateâs minimum wage was last raised about 18 months ago, when it was increased to $9.25 per hour â a higher rate than 27 other states and 28 percent more than the federal minimum of $7.25. If enacted, the new proposal (Senate Bill 15), would dramatically hike the hourly minimum by more than 62 percent in several large increments over a period of less than four years.
The minimum wage was created by Congress as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. In part, the intent was to protect the well-being of employees. Delawareâs current minimum wage appears to meet this goal. A full-time (40-hour-per-week) minimum-wage worker would have an annual income of $19,240.
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Swing District Dem Flip-Flops on Minimum Wage
As candidate, Elaine Luria argued nationwide minimum wage would hurt small businesses Rep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.) / Getty Images Collin Anderson • March 4, 2021 5:00 am
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As a candidate, Elaine Luria backed a regionalized minimum wage hike, arguing that a uniform federal approach could cause risk to small businesses. As a congresswoman, however, the Virginia Democrat cosponsored legislation raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour nationwide.
During a May 2018 candidate forum, Luria contended that federal lawmakers should enact a wage hike based off of different areas of the country that have different costs of living in an attempt to minimize risk to my business and other businesses. Less than one year later, though, the Democrat cosponsored the Raise the Wage Act, a Nancy Pelosi-backed bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour regardless of local economic conditions. She cosponsored the bill ag