Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | 9:15 p.m.
CARSON CITY — Nevada's minimum wage is set to increase by 75 cents on Thursday to $8.75 an hour for employees who get health benefits and $9.75 an hour for those who do not.
The state's Democratic-controlled Legislature in 2019 passed a law gradually increasing the state's minimum wage to $11 for those with health benefits and $12 for those without by 2024.
The first increase was last year.
The increase will also raise daily overtime rates starting July 1, except for workers exempt from overtime rules.
Democrats, including President Joe Biden, have been pushing to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
The federal minimum is $7.25 and has not been raised since 2009.
