Maine is moving up in the world when it comes to its Maine 2007 Minimum Wage. The state actually made its first move to increase its minimum wage in October 2006, when Maine increased its minimum wage to $6.75 per hour, from $6.50 per hour. Then the full Maine 2007 Minimum Wage increase will go into effect starting October 2007, when it will be lifted to $7.00 per hour.
The Labor Department in the state of Maine attributes the Maine 2007 Minimum Wage to its citizens needing more money to face the inflationary price increases around gasoline, housing, natural gas and other fuels, and health care. The reason for the Maine 2007 Minimum Wage then, according to state officials, is to give the lowest paid workers in the state a better chance to support themselves and their family.
The governor of the state, Governor Baldacci, has actually signed another price increase to the minimum wage, before the Maine 2007 Minimum Wage. That gives employers a lot to do to keep up with the minimum wage, not only for their books and their payroll, but because they are obligated to replace out their old minimum wage postings for the Maine 2007 Minimum Wage posting, to be placed in a centrally located, or at least accessible, location in the work sites.
The other state’s in the New England region also have their own minimum wage postings and rates, and these include Connecticut’s, which is $7.40 per hour; Massachusetts, which is $6.75 per hour; Rhode Island, which is $7.15 per hour; and Vermont’s, which is $7.25 per hour. The other state in the region, New Hampshire, has the same minimum wage as the federal government, which is $5.15 per hour. As for those states and their employers, they are also required, per their state laws, to have the correct employment posters up in their work sites.
