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Amendment 42 was a ballot initiative, adopted by Colorado voters in November 2006, that amended Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution to impose a minimum wage of $6.85 per hour, to be adjusted annually for inflation after 2007. [1] The amendment was approved by 53.3% of voters. [2]
[8] p.219 The WFM argued that working long hours in a mine or smelter were hazardous to workers' health, and that the eight hour day should become state law for mine and mill workers. Republicans opposed the law, and sought an opinion from the Colorado Supreme Court. The Court advised that such a law would be unconstitutional. [8] p.219
2006 Colorado Amendment 42, raised the state minimum wage to $6.85 per hour with set increases, superseded by Amendment 70 (2016) 2006 Colorado Amendment 43 , banned same-sex marriage (overturned in Kitchen v.
For tipped employees who earn more than $30 in tips, the tip credit is 33% of the applicable minimum wage, $2.39 per hour, and the minimum cash wage is $4.86 per hour. ©iStock.com Ohio: $10.10
The national minimum wage as set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is currently $7.25, but some workers not covered by this law in some states benefit from a higher state-set minimum wage.
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
Wage and hour standards took decades to develop Ford Motor Co. announced in 1926 that it would move to a five-day, 40-hour workweek. This came after the company announced it would pay male factory ...
The fiercest struggle of the Colorado labor war was the WFM strike called in August 1903, in its long-time union stronghold of Cripple Creek. The Cripple Creek strike was defeated by the Colorado National Guard and the imposition of martial law. The result was that the Western Federation of Miners was essentially finished as a power in Colorado ...