Prospects may not be bright for Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, but a recently introduced bill is generating discussion about the possibility of some kind of increase.
On February 7, the House Committee on Education and Labor conducted a hearing on the Raise the Wage Act (HR 582), a bill introduced in January that calls for raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024. After reaching $15, the bill calls for future alterations to be tied to changes in median workers’ pay. The bill also would phase out the minimum wage for tipped workers.
