Raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour would increase costs for about 70 percent of Massachusetts businesses, forcing some to hold off on hiring or consider moving elsewhere, two surveys conducted by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts found.The minimum wage in Massachusetts rose one dollar to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, and low-wage workers operating in a low unemployment environment are poised to press for passage in 2017 of legislation boosting the wage floor to $15 [...]
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