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  • CA: GOP attorney files initiative to boost minimum wage, cut overtime ("Fair Pay Act")

    02/21/2006 8:53:29 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 12 replies · 393+ views
    Capitol Weekly ^ | 2/21/06 | Malcolm Maclachlan
    A Republican lawyer who works as legal counsel to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has filed an initiative that would raise the minimum wage--but also abolish the eight-hour day for overtime. Thomas Hiltachk filed the "Fair Pay Workplace Flexibility Act of 2006" with the Attorney General on Feb. 10. If it makes it to the ballot and is passed by voters, it would lift the state's minimum wage from the current $6.75 to $7.25 on July 1, 2007, and to $7.75 a year later. The initiative does not include automatic cost-of-living increases known as indexing. The initiative would also codify several rules...