PORTLAND — Oregon’s largest county has adopted a $15 minimum wage for its employees.
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved the wage hike on Thursday.
It will be phased in over the next three years.
The county agreed to the minimum wage as part of its new contract with union workers. Commissioners voted to extend it to nonunion workers as well, including temporary and on-call employees such as election and library workers.
Officials say about 500 workers will benefit. That’s 9 percent of the county’s workforce.
The increase will cost about $675,000 over the next three years.
