State is being pressed to increase Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements along with the $15 minimum wage, or patients will pay more or providers could close.
New Jersey's elected leaders reached agreement on a $15 minimum wage – by 2024 for most, 2026 for seasonal and small-biz workers and 2027 for farm workers.
Lawmakers will cast their first votes Monday on incrementally raising the minimum wage, but final approval wouldn’t come until the Jan. 31 at the earliest.
New Jersey’s minimum wage goes up by 25 cents an hour on Jan. 1. Three-fourths of New Jersey adults support increasing it further, says a new FDU poll.
Lawmakers ticked through a series of exceptions they'd like if a $15 an hour minimum wage is adopted, as Gov. Phil Murphy and his labor commissioner want.