VIRGINIA: Cabell Huntington, St. Mary’s consolidation agreement among legislation considered last session was an increase to the state’s minimum wage, and about half the country considered legislation in 2015 to increase their states’ minimum wage rates.
West Virginia passed a law raising the wage in 2014, but the increase was over a two year period. The bill raised the state’s wage from $7.25 to $8 an hour Dec. 31, 2014, and then to $8.75 per hour by Dec. 31, 2015.When the bill passed in 2014, Gov.
Earl Ray Tomblin called a special session of the Legislature to re work the measure along with other bills. I’m aware there may be some unintended consequences relating to overtime compensation and maximum hours worked, which give me great pause,” Tomblin said in an April 2014 news release.
I will call the Legislature into extraordinary session during the May interims, beginning May 19, 2014 to address the issues of great concern to businesses large and small including the fiscal challenges expected to affect our local governments.
