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Logan proposes $20 minimum wage, removes several agricultural exemptions and phases in overtime coverage
Summary
H.347 would raise Vermont’s minimum wage to $20, repeal agricultural exemptions from minimum wage and overtime (with staggered overtime phase‑in), eliminate tipped subminimum and raise the overtime salary threshold.
Representative Kate Logan introduced H.347, a sweeping labor bill that would raise the state minimum wage to $20 per hour, repeal several statutory exemptions for agricultural and domestic workers, and expand overtime coverage.
"So this bill does a number of things. It increases the minimum wage to $20 an hour, repeals the exemption of agricultural workers from the minimum wage, and then also repeals, the exemption for agricultural workers from overtime, but phases it in over several years," Logan said. She said the bill would also eliminate the tipped subminimum wage (currently half…
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