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At the time of its passage, many high-profile law enforcement officers stood in opposition to Jackson's position on the bill. [4] Jackson received public attention in early 2006 as a sponsor of a bill to increase Tennessee's minimum wage to $1.00 an hour above the then-federally required $5.15/hr. Unlike many other states, Tennessee has never ...
State lawmakers’ recent efforts to raise the minimum wage, including a bill to pay workers at least $10 an hour beginning in 2024, ... the minimum wage in Tennessee hasn’t budged since 2009, ...
In April 2014, the U.S. Senate debated the minimum wage on the federal level by way of the Minimum Wage Fairness Act. The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [168]
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.
Michigan's minimum wage is slated to be $10.56, up 23 cents, due to legislation.Minnesota's minimum is making an inflation-adjusted move to $11.13, up 28 cents.Missouri is taking its base hourly ...
According to the National Association of State Legislatures, 30 states have a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. The federal minimum wage has remained ...
Tennessee's new laws in 2025: Tenant rights, age verification for social media, adult websites Texas: Car safety inspections no longer required starting Jan. 1, 2025 Eggs, gym memberships and pets ...
Nearly all states within the United States have minimum wage laws; Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee are the only states yet to set a minimum wage law. [ 136 ] As of July 24, 2009, U.S. federal law requires a minimum wage of at least $7.25 per hour. [ 137 ]