On Nov. 8 voters in Washington approved Initiative 1433, authorizing a gradual raising of the state’s minimum wage. Voters favored the measure by a 57.4 to 42.6 percent and it becomes law Jan. 1, 2017.
Initiative 1433 was designed to increase the minimum wage from $9.47 in 2016 to 11.00 in 2017, $11.50 in 2018, $12.00 in 2019, and $13.50 in 2020. Beginning in 2021, the minimum wage would be adjusted with inflation. Under I-1433, the office estimated the minimum wage to be $13.86 in 2021 and $14.23 in 2022.
Also beginning in 2018, the measure was designed to require employers to provide employe...
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