A look at just the Jan. 1, 2022, state minimum wage rates demonstrates how much HR and compliance teams need to monitor, not to mention the numerous county and city laws, special rates, new and changing laws, etc. What are the 2022 state minimum wage rates? Employers know that each new...
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1937: In a turnaround, the Supreme Court narrowly upholds Washington state’s minimum wage law, when JusticeOwen Robertsunexpectedly sides with the court’s four-member liberal minority. The case,West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish,involved a former chambermaid who sued a hotel for $216.19 in bac...
Minimum wages will increase in more than two dozen states and localities in 2022, as some cities set their own minimums that differ from the state and national rate. In Seattle, Washington, for example the minimum wage will rise to $17.27 for companies with more than 501 employees. Californ...
Minimum wage rates exceed the federal rate in 30 states and the District of Columbia as of January 2025. The District of Columbia has the highest minimum wage at $17.50 per hour. The second highest is Washington at $16.66.111 Only five states have not adopted a state minimum wage as of...
Associations Between State Minimum Wages and the Mental Health of Children, Aged 3 to 17 Years, 2016 to 2022 View LargeDownload The coefficients provide the percentage-point association between a $1 increase in a state’s minimum wage and the prevalence of each outcome. Negative values ...
The pay raises vary, with Michigan hiking its minimum wage by23 centsto $10.10 an hour. Washington is on track to have the highest state minimum wage in the U.S. next year at$15.74an hour, up $1.25 an hour from 2022. Among the cities raising their wage floor are Flagstaff, Arizona,...
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Monday giving California the nation's highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2022.
Minimum Wage Milestone: Why Washington State Surpassed $9 an HourMinimum wage laws raised the wage floor in eight states as of Jan. 1. Washington now tops all states, at $9.04 an hour. Economic effects of raising the minimum wage are in hot dispute.Lester, Aaron...
Here’s the new minimum wage in every state as of 2022, according to theDepartment of Labor: Alabama: $7.25 Alaska: $10.34 Arizona: $12.80 Arkansas: $11 California: $14 for small companies; $15 for companies of 26+ workers Colorado: $12.56 ...