Jackson Lewis: Rhode Island Minimum Wage to Increase in 2013 | Practical Law
This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the increase to Rhode Island's minimum wage in 2013. Effective January 1, 2013, Rhode Island's minimum wage will rise to $7.75 an hour, up from the current rate of $7.40. The legislation containing the change was signed by Governor Lincoln Chafee on June 20, 2012. This will be the first minimum wage increase in the state since 2007.