Wake commissioners vote to boost workers’ pay to $13.50/hour
RALEIGH, NC (AP) – Wake County commissioners have voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for county workers to $13.50 an hour.
Local media outlets report Monday’s vote affects about 75 of the county’s 4,000 employees, who earn less than that now, with some making as little as $11.08 an hour.
Library assistants will see pay increases of less than $1,000 annually, while some animal shelter attendants will take home up to $3,432 more a year.
Commissioner Matt Calabria said that if the county has embarked on a plan to fight poverty, the least it can do is make sure the county isn’t responsible for it as employers.
The pay raise goes into effect Dec. 1.
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