MaineBiz: 59,000 Mainers get raises with New Year’s hike in minimum wage

MECEP reported that Maine’s minimum wage increase’s benefits aren’t limited to those who earn the minimum wage. “Other low-income Mainers will see their salaries increase as a result of the well-documented ‘spillover effect,’ in which employers raise salaries for other workers as pay scales are adjusted to reflect the new wage floor set at the state level,” the organization stated.

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