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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.
Nearly half the states in the U.S. are set for minimum wage increases on Jan. 1, 2025, which will mean a pay hike for some 9.2 million workers, according to recent data.. An analysis by The ...
The 1938 minimum wage law only applied to "employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce," but in amendments in 1961 and 1966, the federal minimum wage was extended (with slightly different rates) to employees in large retail and service enterprises, local transportation and construction, state ...
Washington, DC, continues to have the highest minimum wage in the country at $17.05 after a 45-cent hike in July. New Hampshire’s ban on gender-affirming surgical care for minors
With the new year, minimum wage increases are set to go into effect, along with laws on guns and crime. Here's a round up of notable new state laws. ... New Hampshire is strengthening gun rights.
Increases the minimum wage to $18/hr (currently $16/hr) by 2026, subject to annual increase based on inflation. Nov 5 >50% TBD: Massachusetts: Citizens On ballot Question 5: Increases the minimum wage for tipped employees (currently $6.75/hr) to the state minimum wage of $15/hr by 2029 while continuing to permit tipping. Nov 5 >50% TBD ...
January 1: Minimum wage increases to $16.66 per hour per an adjustment based on the federal Consumer Price Index. [1] January 2: Amazon requires employees to be present in South Lake Union headquarters buildings 5 days a week. [2] [3]
Jan. 30—CONCORD — Senate Democratic Leader Donna Soucy of Manchester has begun the 11th year of her campaign to raise New Hampshire's minimum wage that is currently only half the average set ...