ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lawmakers in Maryland are debating a bill that, if passed, would raise workers’ minimum wages to the highest rate in the nation.
The “Living Wage For All Act” was introduced in both the state’s House and Senate, and has a hearing scheduled in the state’s House Labor Committee on Thursday afternoon.
The bill proposes raising the state’s minimum wage to $25 an hour and eliminating subminimum wages, or wages employers can pay student-learners, retail workers, service workers, and employees with disabilities that are below the state’s minimum wage…