Burien challenges minimum wage initiative

Burien battles over minimum wage
BURIEN, Wash. — A battle in Burien – over minimum wage. The city just filed a lawsuit claiming that a ballot measure, approved less than three weeks ago by voters, is unconstitutional. At the start of the year, the city’s new minimum wage law kicked in at $21.16 an hour for businesses with more than 20 employees.
Burien sues to halt adoption of voter-approved minimum wage initiative
Burien is suing over Measure 1, a minimum wage initiative that ends exemptions in the city's existing wage law and sets the big business rate to $21.10 an hour.
Burien asks court to untangle conflicting minimum wage laws
As of January 1, 2025, the minimum wage in Burien is $21.16 an hour for employers with more than 500 workers. For smaller companies, it is $20.16 an hour.Initiative 1 would tie Burien’s minimum wage to that of Tukwila,
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