Quick reminder – on January 1, 2019, Minnesota’s minimum wage will increase to $9.86 per hour for large employers, and $8.04 an hour for all others (small employers, training wage rate and youth wage rate).  Employers located in Minneapolis should already be paying $10.25 per hour for small businesses and $11.25 for large (more than 100) businesses.  Remember, the higher rate applies if you are a Minneapolis employer; those rates increase every July 1.  As for St Paul employers, the City Council announced a new minimum wage ordinance on October 9, 2018, which it hopes to pass into law before the end of the year (more on that later in a future post).