The district council member serving her first term faced pointed attacks from critics and received praise from small business owners.
SEATTLE — After facing a mostly disapproving crowd during Tuesday’s Seattle City Council meeting, Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth stood by her proposed legislation. It would exempt businesses with 500 or fewer employees from matching the higher minimum wage required for businesses with more than 500 employees.
Instead, the hourly minimum wage paid by any small business “shall be increased annually on a percentage basis to reflect the rate of inflation calculated to the nearest cent on Jan. 1 of each year thereafter.”
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