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  2. 2 days ago · The states of CA, CT, MA, NH, ND, RI, WA, WI and Puerto Rico had minimum wage laws in 1949 that covered specified types of workers in particular occupations. The chart in this source tells minimum wages for each, pp. 8-10.

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  3. 2 days ago · In the United States... Minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in the year 2000. Source: U.S. Dept of Labor; The median money income for families in 2000 was $50,732. Source: Census Bureau; The average earnings of year-round, full-time workers in 2009 was $62,445 for men and $44,857 for women. Source: US Census Bureau; Homes had a median value of ...

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  4. May 8, 2024 · Employers in most of the state must pay an hourly minimum wage of $15.00 per hour. However, the minimum wage in Long Island, Westchester, and NYC is $16.00 per hour. Like state minimum wage rates, local rates are subject to change. Check with your local government for more information.

  5. 1 day ago · Includes average gross earning, wage deductions, and net earning of both coal-mine workers and coke workers, average daily wages of farm laborers (broken down by men, women, and young persons), and weekly wages paid in 15 selected other occupations (bakers, blacksmiths, bookbinders, cabinetmakers, carpenters, hatmakers, millers, paper hangers ...

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    • 2012
  6. May 20, 2024 · The United States was later introduced to this federal law by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The very federal first minimum wage in the US was set at 25 cents an hour, equal to about $4 an hour in today’s economy.

  7. May 23, 2024 · The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires a federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 but higher in 29 states and D.C., and discourages working weeks over 40 hours through time-and-a-half overtime pay. There are no federal laws, and few state laws, requiring paid holidays or paid family leave.

  8. May 16, 2024 · The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) includes provisions on several labor related provisions including the creation the right to a minimum wage, overtime pay for working more than forty hours a week, and provisions related to child labor.

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