Hourly wage set to increase by a dollar on Sept. 30

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. In keeping with a constitutional amendment that Florida voters approved in 2020, the state’s minimum wage is set to increase to $15 hourly on Sept. 30. This latest adjustment completes a six-year process that began in 2021 and that required the state to raise the minimum wage by a dollar each Sept. 30 until reaching the amendment’s mandated goal of $15 hourly. This new standard applies to non-tipped employees. For workers in the restaurant and other ind