{"source_url": "https://www.usnews.com", "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maine/articles/2020-01-01/minimum-wage-goes-up-on-jan-1-in-maine", "title": "Minimum Wage Goes up on Jan. 1 in Maine", "top_image": "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "meta_img": "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "images": ["https://www.usnews.com/static-atlas/assets/img/news/best-states/logos/best_states_logo_2.svg", "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "https://www.usnews.com/static/img/usn-logo-large.svg"], "movies": [], "text": "AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) \u2014 Maine's minimum wage is going up from $11 to $12 per hour effective New Year's Day, giving a wage boost to thousands of workers in the state.\n\nIt marks the fourth annual increase in Maine under a ballot measure approved in 2016 when the state's minimum was $7.50 an hour. State lawmakers subsequently changed the law to allow restaurants to continue paying tipped workers a lower hourly wag\n\nAbout 8% of Maine\u2019s 679,000 workers earned at or below minimum wage in 2018, according to available state labor data.\n\nFederal labor rules on overtime eligibility also became effective on Jan. 1, lifting the minimum salary for exemption from $23,660 to $35,568 per year for a full-time employee.\n\nMaine's minimum salary for exemption to overtime eligibility rises from $33,000 to $36,000 per year. That's based on state minimum wage.\n\nMaine Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman said her department estimates 1,600 Maine workers will be newly eligible for overtime pay protection.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["Associated Press", "Maine", "Maine News"], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Wed Jan  1 00:00:00 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) \u2014 Maine's minimum wage is going up from $11 to $12 per hour effective New Year's Day, giving a wage boost to thousands of workers in the state.", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "/static/images/favicon.ico", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0", "description": "AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) \u2014 Maine's minimum wage is going up from $11 to $12 per hour effective New Year's Day, giving a wage boost to thousands of workers in the state.", "keywords": "Associated Press,Maine,Maine News", "site": "beststates", "zone": "statenews/articles", "fb": {"pages": 5834919267, "app_id": 130063997038366}, "og": {"title": "Minimum Wage Goes up on Jan. 1 in Maine", "description": "Maine's minimum wage is going up from $11 to $12 per hour effective New Year's Day.", "type": "article", "site_name": "US News & World Report", "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maine/articles/2020-01-01/minimum-wage-goes-up-on-jan-1-in-maine"}, "twitter": {"card": "summary_large_image", "site": "@USNews", "title": "Minimum Wage Goes up on Jan. 1 in Maine", "description": "Maine's minimum wage is going up from $11 to $12 per hour effective New Year's Day."}, "google-site-verification": "owJBuFHD3VHcTSsnPSOYizmUcs3GSBjbx09vBbBi1MM", "msvalidate.01": "A8E47FA91124063A4A9C78AD5273DC0F", "optimizely": "Optimizely is supported by this application but is not enabled for this page."}, "canonical_link": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maine/articles/2020-01-01/minimum-wage-goes-up-on-jan-1-in-maine"}