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Dec. 28—PLATTSBURGH — With the new year comes an increase in the state's minimum wage. Beginning Jan. 1, New York's minimum wage will increase to $16 per hour in New York City, Long Island ...
In 1818, each county in the state became its own district. From 1874 to 1895, New York County included the West Bronx, and from 1895 to 1913 it included all of what is now Bronx County, governing the same area as does the present Borough of the Bronx. [7] On January 1, 1914, the Bronx became a separate county with its own district attorney.
A bill in New York would raise the state’s minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026, and then adjust it each year going forward for inflation. Right now, minimum wage workers in New York City get paid $15 ...
Also in 1937, New York passed a minimum wage law protecting women and minors. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set a national minimum wage standard and a forty hour work week, and in this same year, an amendment to the New York State Constitution established a "Bill of Rights" for working people. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ...
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.
As labor activists and NYC delivery workers debate the new $17.96 per hour minimum wage, New York residents wonder how much more their delivery meals will cost under the new pay structure. See: 7...
New York City's minimum wage for companies with 11 or more employees became $15.00 per hour on December 31, 2018. [196] On the same day, NYC's hourly minimum wage for companies with 10 or fewer employees became $13.50. [196] The minimum wage in Illinois will reach $15 per hour by 2025 with increases beginning in 2020. [197]
In 1989, Senator Edward M. Kennedy introduced a bill to increase the minimum wage from $3.35 per hour to $4.55 per hour in stages. [51] Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole supported increasing the minimum wage to $4.25 per hour along with allowing a minimum wage of $3.35 an hour for new employees' first ninety days of employment for an employer. [51]