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CT Minimum Wage is $15/hr

Connecticut’s minimum wage is now $15/hr. There is no change to the tip wage credit, however, for tipped wage staff (waitstaff and bartenders) wages + tips must get them to the $15/hr threshold for all hours worked in a pay period or employers must make up the difference.

Read Governor Lamont’s press release here

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