The minimum wage went up by 50 cents Friday in Louisville. Minimum wage was $7.75, but hourly workers will now earn $8.25.
The third and final bump in the minimum wage is scheduled to happen next year when it goes up to $9 per hour.
About 45,000 people in Metro Louisville make minimum wage. The people making it may not be who you think. According to the United Food and Commercial Workers 227, there are more people over the age of 55 making minimum wage than teens.
Opponents had concerns that it would hurt their businesses. Some feared that they would have to move or let go of employees.
Those who support the increase say when the ordinance took effect in July 2015, Louisville’s unemployment rate was at 5.2 percent. At the end of May this year, the rate is at 4.2 percent.
Some question if the minimum wage increase even had anything to do with that.
Source: WAVE
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