DOL Announces Federal Minimum Wage to Increase on Labor Day

U.S. Newswire;  August 29, 1997 ;     764 words ......rising. This minimum wage increase will...passed Fair Labor Standards Act established...The federal minimum wage increases to...The federal minimum wage provisions are...in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Why did the minimum wage need to ...

FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 12, 2007 ;     288 words ......blog entry: The federal minimum wage was first enacted as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Although...the FLSA and increase the minimum wage. This was last done in 1997 when the minimum wage was raised to $5.15 per...Supporters of raising the ...

Ms. Foundation Pushes for Minimum-Wage Raise.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 29, 2003 ;     773 words ......29--The Fair Labor Standards Act turned 65...pushing raises for minimum-wage workers. The New...act. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed...set the national minimum wage at 25 cents an...increases to the minimum wage. According to the U.S. Department of ...

Raise the Minimum Wage

The Washington Post;  June 24, 1988 ;   Eileen Boris; Vivien Hart; Phyllis Palmer;   787 words ......anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act-which fixed a national minimum wage, mandated a standard...increased cost of Minimum Wage is met by the...writing basic labor standards into law. The...fight for the minimum wage, powerful groups...principle of ...

Florida minimum wage beginning date announced

Westside Gazette;  February 24, 2005 ;     283 words ......s newly-enacted minimum wage will be May 2, 2005. Florida's minimum wage was created in a...covered by the federal minimum wage. The state minimum wage will start at $6...credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers may...satisfaction of the ...

California minimum wage increased to $5 per hour March 1st

The Public Record;  March 21, 1997 ;   Anonymous;   443 words ......in the federal minimum wage law last year...the new federal minimum wage last summer that...which brings the minimum wage to $5 per hour...1997, bringing the minimum wage to $5.15 per hour...the California minimum wage rate to $5.75 per...in the state's ...

STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE STUCK IN A RUT.(BUSINESS)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  February 3, 2005 ;     787 words ......Press Wisconsin's minimum wage, unchanged in more...someone earning minimum wage falls thousands...can't get by on minimum wage any more. But Republicans...they say, the minimum wage isn't meant to...weeks from her minimum-wage job as a ...

Florida's new minimum wage starts May 2

Miami Times;  February 22, 2005 ;     289 words ......s newly-enacted minimum wage will be May 2. Florida's minimum wage was created in a...covered by the federal minimum wage. The state minimum wage will start at $6...credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers may...satisfaction of the ...

PRO AND CON: ; Pay up; Question: Should Congress increase the minimum wage...

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  August 5, 2001 ;   Amy Ridenour;   515 words ......Since the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, some have contended...that a constantly increasing minimum wage will prevent the exploitation...those] clamoring for a higher minimum wage fail to acknowledge is that...substantial increases in the minimum wage, ...

State minimum wage mirrors federal standard

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  November 21, 2005 ;   PATRICK BURNS;   257 words ......century, Pennsylvania's minimum wage has mirrored federal...by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Currently at...hour, the federal minimum wage was established at...from the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Depending on...will likely hike the minimum ...

A Decent Minimum Wage

The Washington Post;  June 13, 1988 ;     603 words ......Minimum Decency" {June 8} speaks of a minimum wage hike as an antipoverty device. Indeed...A combination of JEFFA and a $4 minimum wage would do much more to help low-skilled...support families than a $4.65 or $5.05 minimum wage, while causing far fewer side effects...whom The ...

Minimum wage hike hurts undertrained workers

New Pittsburgh Courier;  November 7, 2001 ;   Anonymous;   545 words ...Minimum wage hike hurts undertrained...the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938, some have contended...a constantly increasing minimum wage will prevent the exploitation...clamoring for a higher minimum wage fail to acknowledge is that...substantial increases in ...

MONDAY CLIPPER: MINIMUM WAGE.(Triad)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  July 24, 2006 ;     355 words ......passed a $6.15 minimum wage July 10, it put...as of Jan. 1: A minimum wage that is higher...out. HISTORY OF MINIMUM WAGE The Fair Labor Standards Act passed Congress...established the federal minimum wage at 25 cents an...oppressive child labor and ...

Federal Minimum Wage to Increase to $6.55 on July 24

U.S. Newswire;  July 23, 2008 ;     318 words ......S. Department of Labor Agency also marks...anniversary of Fair Labor Standards Act WASHINGTON...that the federal minimum wage will increase to...the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will...enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. A third ...

A minimum wage hike would help teens

Capital (Annapolis);  February 19, 2007 ;   SAMANTHA BUCKLEY;   502 words ......House of Representatives passed the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007. The legislation will raise the federal minimum wage from the current $5.15/hour to $7.25...Senate and by the president. Increases in minimum wage have continued since its establishment in 1938. The Fair Labor ...