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Republicans oppose minimum-wage and misclassification bills after citing $2.8 billion small-business impact; committee rereports both
Summary
The committee voted to rereport House Bill 276 (employee misclassification) and House Bill 1549 (minimum wage increase), but Republican members said they will oppose both on the floor, citing a Department of Revenue study that they said projects a $2.8 billion loss to small businesses and other impacts.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to rereport House Bill 276, which would create an employee misclassification working group, and House Bill 1549, which would raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania, while Republican members said they plan to oppose both measures on the House floor.
"On these two particular bills, we do have some concerns from a fiscal…
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