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If my loyal readers would recall, the state of North Carolina increased its minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $6.15 per hour. That is an increase of a dollar, nearly 20 percent up from its original level. This increase just recently went into effect, on this past January 1, and it affected as many as 139,000 workers in the state of North Carolina who make the minimum wage as their salary.

But as of this week, there is a movement in the state to increase the state minimum wage to $9.36 per hour. The movement is still in the petition mode. It is organized by a group out of Greensboro, North Carolina, calling themselves the Greensboro Minimum Wage Committee. There first move is to try and get their idea to increase the minimum wage to $9.36 per hour on the city ballot for this year’s election. According to my sources, though, it will take no less than 5000 signatures on their petition to get their minimum wage proposal on this year’s ballot.

Their argument, which is not uncommon among those who support the higher minimum wage, is that people need to make more from their employers in order to compensate for the costs of inflation, which increase costs on everyday items such as food, fuel, clothing, and entertainment.

My idea for you, North Carolina employers, especially those in the Greensboro area, is to keep an eye on this issue and see if this group does indeed get enough signatures to have the petition turned into a ballot initiative come November. In the meantime, you can make sure you are complying with the current law in the state of North Carolina, part of which includes making sure you have the latest and most up to date minimum wage labor law poster for North Carolina in all of your facilities and work sites.

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