Minimum wage in Ohio could jump to $15 per hour under new proposals.
Some of the lowest paid workers in Ohio could see a significant wage increase over the next four years, if a proposal from a Republican lawmaker is successful.Ohio state legislators will convene on Tuesday to begin hearings on State Senator Louis 'Bill' Blessing's plan to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 by 2028, amid a rising unemployment rate in the Buckeye State. At 3.7 percent, it remains lower than the national average.
John Barker, President and CEO of The Ohio Restaurant and Hospitality Alliance told WKRC: 'It would allow small businesses to get their businesses lined up with these increases on the labor lines.'Ohio has a cost-of-living index score of 94.7, according to a study by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, which compared prices for goods and services on a state-by-state basis. The national benchmark was 100.
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