This chart shows how the real minimum wage has been stagnant for yearsJeff Desjardins
That minimum wage was introduced as part of theFair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).The FLSA also covers things like youth employment standards, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and standards for government employees at the local, state, and federal levels. Minimum Wage Increases Over the Years October 1...
The poor numbers this year are not solely a symptom of the continued weak economy,but have been made far worse by the recent hikes in the minimum wage.For generations, government data shows, at least half of all teenagers were in the labor force in June, July and August. Starting this ...
Over the years, several countries have changed their regional NUTS breakdown. In my sample, this affects certain regions of France, Greece, and the UK.26 Adapting these changes isn't always feasible, sometimes necessitating the exclusion of specific regions from the analysis, resulting in an ...
minimum wage at the start of the year, low-wage workers across the state cheered. But not Rebecca Fox. The 31-year-old waitress earns the same $2.13 per hour that she has made for the past 18 years. That’s more than $6 an hour less than the state’s minimum wage of $8.44 an ...
Youth minimum wage The FLSA also permits a special youth minimum wage. You can pay employees under age 20 a wage of $4.25 for the first 90 days of employment. After 90 consecutive days of employment or the employee reaches 20 years of age (whichever comes first), the employee must receive...
Currently, the minimum wage stands at $14 an hour in the Aloha State. As we can see, many of the top states have minimum wages that are more than double the federal minimum wage, which has declined in real value for many years. For context, the real value of the federal minimum wage...
In 2020, a number of states’ minimum wage rates will increase. The following chart lists the states’ (and certain major localities’) minimum wage increases for 2020—and future years if available—along with the related changes in the maximum tip credit and minimum cash wag...
I find myself reacting quite negatively to two aspects of the way the White House and its allies are pushing the Raise the Wage agenda to build support for increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour. The first aspect is to compare
It's pretty depressing to note that ourfederal minimum wagein America has been $7.25 for the last 15 years. Since the feds aren't budging on that, it's in the hands of companies that want to hire top-tier talent and are willing to pay some extra cheese to get it. ...