March 28, 2024, 9:52 PM UTC

Youngkin Vetoes $15 Minimum Wage, Farmworker Bills in Virginia

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed proposals to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour and to eliminate an exemption that prevents farmworkers from being covered by state minimum wage law.

The minimum wage bills (HB 1 / SB 1) would have increased the statewide pay floor to $13.50 in 2025 and then $15 in 2026, up from the current $12 minimum. Along with the farmworker wage bill (HB 157), these are part of a batch of labor measures Democratic lawmakers passed via narrow majorities in the state House and Senate. They would need ...

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