May 11th a rule was announced by Governor Jim
Doyle to raise minimum wage to $5.70 per hour in Wisconsin effective
June 1st, 2005 with another scheduled increase to $6.50 June 1st, 2006.
www.dwd.state.wi.us/er/
As part of this package, local ordinances to raise minimum wage would be
disallowed (including the Milwaukee and Madison ordinances discussed
below).
The mayor of Milwaukee, Tom Barrett, signed a bill to
raise the minimum wage on March 3, 2005. Keep in mind that this was not
a state law, but just a local Milwaukee law that effects only Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee law will raise the minimum wage there from
$5.15 per hour to $5.70 per hour on
October 1, 2005.
The wage will rise again from $5.70 per hour to $6.50 per hour on
October 1, 2006.
Additional source to this information:
Jason Anderson
Legislative Analyst
WI Legislative Reference Bureau
One East Main, Suite 200
Madison, WI 53701
(608) 261-4454
Effective Jan. 1, 2005, Madison’s minimum wage went up to
$5.70/hr.
Madison's minimum wage rose to $5.18/hr for opportunity employees (which
are under 20 yrs old and who have been in employment status with a
particular employee for 90 or fewer consecutive calendar days from the
date of initial employment).
