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heightened wages will hesitate to hire full-time workers, opting to take on part-timers until the economy rebounds. McClain said.
Filion said the increase effects only a small number of workers and will not have an effect on employment.
A minimum wage raise often trickles up through a company's price structure1. Those workers with more experience may see their paychecks increase to maintain a salary hierarchy, Filion said.
The number of workers w ho will receive the fatter paycheck remains lower than the number of Virginia unemployed workers — 293,200 as of May 2009, the most current data available from the Virginia Employment Commission.
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