In Support of Accelerating the Minimum Wage Increase in Maryland

Summary

On March 10, 2022, Yannet Lathrop testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of SB721. The bill would accelerate the timeline for increasing Maryland’s minimum wage
to $15 per hour by 2022-2023, and would remove the provision in current minimum wage law that
allows the Board of Public Works to suspend wage increases.