New Jersey’s minimum wage is set to rise to $13 an hour for most hourly workers on Jan. 1. Labor advocates say that’s still inadequate, while small-business owners say the increase will put them under additional pressure.
The recent rise in inflation “in itself really warrants a reexamination of the legislation and how it should be monitored and how it should be changed going forward,” says James Hughes, Dean Emeritus at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy.
