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The general minimum increased from $16.50 per hour to $17.40 per hour on June 1, 2024. There are also special minimum wages in the Regulations for certain types of employees, such as home support workers and farm workers. [14] Wages can be paid by cash, cheque, draft or money order. Direct deposit can be used only if expressly authorized. [15]
The Australian National Minimum Wage is the minimum base rate of pay for ordinary hours worked to any employee who is not covered by a Modern Award or an Agreement. [5] In 1896 in Victoria, Australia, an amendment to the Factories Act provided for the creation of a wages board. [6]
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.
With the increase, Washington continues to have the highest minimum wage of all states at $16.66, up 38 cents. Delaware will see the highest increase, from $13.25 to $15. Meanwhile, Minnesota has ...
Tipped workers, who make $3.63, have not seen any recent increases. Looking ahead: More minimum wage increases are slated for coming years: $14 in 2024, and $15 in 2025. Smaller employers are on a ...
“Virginia's Minimum Wage will increase to $12.41/hr next year notwithstanding Youngkin's veto ... the law required lawmakers to pass legislation in 2024 approving them. Otherwise, the minimum ...
The Raise the Wage Act of 2017, which was simultaneously introduced in the House of Representatives with 166 Democratic cosponsors, would raise the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour immediately, and then gradually increase it to $15 per hour by 2024, while simultaneously raising the minimum wage for tipped workers and phasing it out. [174]
Of the states that have passed state-level minimum wage increases, the ones with the highest starting pay include Washington ($16.28), California ($16) and Connecticut ($15.69).