The Rhode Island minimum wage increased from $6.75 an hour to $7.10 an hour, effective March 1. A second increase to $7.40 an hour will go into effect Jan. 1, 2007.
The two-step minimum wage increase was approved with widespread support by Rhode Island legislators in February, and Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, who had initially threatened to veto the hike, allowed the bill to become law without his signature.
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There are two exceptions to the new minimum wage rates: for full-time students under 19 working for nonprofit organizations (90 percent of minimum wage) and for minors 14 and 15 years old working no more than 24 hours a week (75 percent of minimum wage). Rates in these categories will also increase in two steps.
The state Department of Labor and Training has revised its mandatory minimum wage notice to include this new information.
New posters available
The revised minimum wage notice is included in an all-in-one Rhode Island labor law poster offered by Poster Compliance Center of Lafayette, Calif., a publisher of workplace posters for state and federal labor laws. The laminated poster meets the state’s workplace posting requirements and may be ordered by phone 800-322-3636 or online at www.postercompliance.com.
Poster Compliance Center publishes labor law posters for all 50 states and the District of Columbia as well as specialty workplace safety and workplace environment posters.
