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Cranston City Council Approves Minimum Wage Increase
Starting in January, the minimum wage will be raised to $12.75, more than two dollars higher than the state minimum.
CRANSTON, RI — Employees in the city of Cranston may soon see a bump in their paycheck. Earlier this week, the City Council approved an increase to the city's minimum wage, raising it to $12.75 per hour.
The new rate, approved by the council on Monday, will go into effect on Jan. 21. The ordinance applies to all city workers except high school students, school department employees, temporary summer workers and Cranston Public Library employees. The measure was sponsored by Councilmembers John P. Donegan and Steven A. Stycos.
"I'm pleased to share that last night we passed our ordinance setting a minimum wage for City employees to $12.75 per hour!" Donegan wrote on Facebook.
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Prior to the new ordinance, the city followed the state minimum wage, which currently stands at $10.50. This rate could also go up in the coming months, though, as both the Rhode Island House of Representatives and Senate have supported a bill to raise the state minimum wage by $1 per hour to $11.50, starting in October.
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