New minimum wage has some bracing for impact

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DEALING WITH IT: Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, says market forces have driven wages higher at his eateries in recent years, so the Rhode Island minimum wage hike going into effect on Jan. 1 will have a limited impact on his business. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO
DEALING WITH IT: Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, says market forces have driven wages higher at his eateries in recent years, so the Rhode Island minimum wage hike going into effect on Jan. 1 will have a limited impact on his business. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Gregory Stevens, owner and operator of Pat’s Italian Restaurants, remembers only a few years back when he paid his line cooks $15 an hour. “And they were happy with that,” he said. But legislation signed by Gov. Daniel J. McKee this year will boost the state’s minimum wage from $15 an hour to $16 on

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  1. I found this article very interesting. I would love to hear more about how higher wages might allow more households to have more discretionary income to be able to spend money at small businesses and therefore increasing the economy as well.