Pennsylvania's Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates hold different stances on minimum wage in the rare Northeastern state without a floor higher than the federal rate, meaning that minimum wage is effectively on the ballot next month.
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Jason Reisman of management-side firm Blank Rome LLP also said changes to the minimum wage could cause businesses to stumble.
"There definitely will be employers who aren't as attuned to legal changes and will be asleep at the wheel and could get caught off guard, and there could be lawsuits," he said.
In such litigation, the potential damages go up when there is a higher minimum wage, added Reisman, who is also the immediate past president of the Wage and Hour Defense Institute, a national network of management-side attorneys. Damages for an overtime violation under the $7.25 hourly floor would be lower than for the same violation under a higher floor, he said.
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"Pa. Minimum Wage Divides Governor Candidates," by Max Kutner was published in Law360 Employment Authority on October 14, 2026.