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As of July 1, 2024, hourly workers making the equivalent of $43,888 a year are eligible for overtime pay, up from $35,568, which will increase to $58,656 on Jan. 1, 2025.
Consolidated State Minimum Wage Table. (Effective Date: January 1, 2025) Greater than federal MW Equals federal MW of $7.25 No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25. Employers covered by the FLSA must pay the federal MW of $7.25. AK $11.91 CNMI AL AR $11.00 GA AZ $14.70 IA LA CA $16.50 ID MS CO $14.81 IN SC CT $16.35 KS TN DC $17.50 KY WY
Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
The Poverty Threshold in 2025. ... Find Out: Here’s the Minimum Salary Required To Be Considered Upper-Middle Class in 2025. Alaska. $19,550: 1-person household. $26,430: 2-person household.
The 2025 United States federal hiring freeze is a policy instituted by a presidential memorandum signed by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, on the first day of his second administration immediately instituting a hiring freeze on federal employees. [1]
In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act established it at 25¢ an hour ($5.41 in 2023). [208] Its purchasing power peaked in 1968, at $1.60 ($14.00 in 2023). [208] [209] [210] In 2009, Congress increased it to $7.25 per hour with the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. [211]
The good news for those reaching FRA this year is that the earnings test limit has increased to $62,160 in 2025 (last year, it was $59,520). Above this threshold, the SSA withholds $1 for every $3 ...
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws.The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. [1]