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“This change could make a difference, but those folks need a bump up, too, in other ways.”
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.
Minimum wage by state by year. In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. [4] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional. [5]
Looking ahead: Though Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has been stagnant since 2009, ... Tipped workers, who make 38% of the regular minimum wage by law, saw their wage rise to $3.84.
Modern minimum wage laws trace their origin to the Ordinance of Labourers (1349), ... while in the adjacent state of Pennsylvania it remained at $4.25.
Its minimum wage will hit $20.29 in January, up from $18.99 now. ... senior counsel and director of employment law and compliance at GovDocs, a compliance software provider for large, multi ...
The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009. Overall prices have gone up roughly 47% since then. ... Alabama and Mississippi don't have state minimum wage laws. The minimum wage in New York ...
Current minimum wage law is described in the Minimum Wage Act 1983. The Minimum Wage (New Entrants) Amendment Act 2007 provided that the rates for 16- to 17-year-olds and those in training cannot be lower than 80% of the adult rate. [50]