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EDC flags King County minimum-wage changes; asks for legal briefing before further action
Summary
Commissioners raised concerns about a recent King County minimum-wage increase and its effect on local small businesses and labor costs. They asked staff to schedule informational briefings with state and city legal experts and to add the item to the 2025 work plan.
Commissioners on the Snoqualmie Economic Development Commission pressed staff for more information after roundtable participants raised worries that recent King County minimum-wage changes could worsen hiring and retention problems for local businesses.
Commissioners described scenarios in which a higher county minimum wage could push up labor costs across the wage scale, not only for entry-level staff, and said that could…
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