Md. living wage law gets nod on top 10 public policies list

December 27, 2007

Coming in at No. 9 on Huffington Post’s The Ten Best Public Policies of 2007: Maryland’s statewide living wage law, which took effect October 1 and applies only to gov’t contractors and subcontractors.

As Andrea Batista Schlesinger writes, “For raising the standard of living for thousands of low-income workers and ensuring that public dollars don’t subsidize poverty-level jobs, the Maryland living wage law earns a place among the ‘Best of 2007.’”

JACKIE SAUTER, Multimedia Editor

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