Durham staff seeks pause in city’s minimum livable wage increase
Monday’s special City Council meeting will introduce a broad pay study and a request to hold the city’s wage floor at $25.09 an hour for another year.
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Wes Platt
Durham city staff is asking City Council to pause an increase in the city’s minimum livable wage for one year while consultants review how the city pays its employees.
The request appears in presentation materials for a special council meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in the second-floor Committee Room at City Hall, 101 City Hall Plaza.
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