Mayor Liz Lempert Supports Increased Minimum Wage in Princeton

Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert said this week that she favors a higher minimum wage for municipal workers and requiring municipal contractors to do the same with their employees, the Princeton Packet reports.

She said she would favor a wage higher than the state minimum $8.38 an hour, according to the report. The federal minimum wage is $7.25.

The idea resulted from a conversation between Lempert and Princeton Council President Bernard Miller about the difficulty of living on the state’s minimum wage in Mercer County., according to the report.

Lempert said the idea requires further study.

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