Minnesota’s new labor board votes for nearly $23.50 an hour minimum wage for nursing home workers

Minnesota’s new labor board votes for nearly $23.50 an hour minimum wage for nursing home workers 
Minnesota Reformer; by Max Nesterak; 4/29/24 
'Today has been a long time coming,’ said nursing home worker Nessa Higgins at a news conference after Minnesota’s first labor standards board voted on April 29, 2024, to raise the minimum wage for nursing home workers to $20.50 per hour by 2027. Minnesota’s new workforce standards board took its first significant vote on Monday, agreeing to raise the pay floor to $23.49 per hour on average in 2027 for nursing home workers, while guaranteeing 11 paid holidays. The worker and government representatives on the board approved the minimum wages without the support of the board’s nursing home industry representatives, who abstained.