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  2. Minimum wage law - Wikipedia

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    A National Minimum Wage (NMW) was introduced for the first time by the Labour government on 1 April 1999 at the rate of £3.60 per hour for those workers aged 22 and over, [125] Labour having promised to set a minimum wage in their 1997 general election campaign. In its election manifesto, it had said that every other modern industrial country ...

  3. Minimum wage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. History of the minimum wage - Wikipedia

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    It introduced the influential idea of a 'living wage' for a man, his wife, and three children to "live in frugal comfort". In 1912, the Industrial Arbitration Act of South Australia provided at section 22 that: The Court shall not have power to order or prescribe wages which do not secure to the employee affected a living wage.

  5. National Minimum Wage Act 1998 - Wikipedia

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    16–17 year-olds' rate was introduced in 2004. Apprentice rate was introduced in 2010, and merged with the 16–17 year-olds' rate in 2022. National Living Wage was introduced in April 2016. It applied to employees aged 25 and over until April 2021, then aged 23 and over until April 2024, when it became the Adult rate for all employees aged 21 ...

  6. Legal history of income tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal income tax was first introduced under the Revenue Act of 1861 to help pay for the Civil War. It was renewed in later years and reformed in 1894 in the form of the Wilson-Gorman tariff. Legal challenges centered on whether the income tax then in force constituted a "direct tax". In the Springer v.

  7. NMW - Wikipedia

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    NMW may refer to: National Minimum Wage Act 1998, UK; National Museum Wales; Naturhistorisches Museum ...

  8. Windfall Elimination Provision - Wikipedia

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    Since its passage, bills have been introduced in Congress almost every session to repeal this provision. In 2024, HR 82, the Social Security Fairness Act —repealing the WEP—passed both houses of Congress, and was signed by President Joe Biden on January 5, 2025.

  9. BMW X7 - Wikipedia

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    The BMW X7 is a full-size luxury crossover sport utility vehicle manufactured by BMW.It is BMW's largest and 2nd most expensive SUV in its line-up. [3]The X7 was first announced by BMW in March 2014. [4]