LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Two Republican lawmakers in Arkansas are proposing
exempting school employees, people under 18 and others from voter-backed
increases in the state’s minimum wage.
The bill filed by Sen. Bob Ballinger and Rep. Frances Cavenaugh on Wednesday
comes two months after Arkansas voters approved an initiative to gradually raise
the state’s minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2021. The state’s minimum wage rose
from $8.50 an hour to $9.25 an hour on Jan. 1.
The proposal would exempt employees at public and private schools, including
colleges and universities, and workers under 18. It would also exempt workers at
businesses that employ fewer than 50 full-time employees.
The exempted workers would be subject to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an
hour.
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