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What happen if state minimum wage is higher tham federal minimum wage?
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∙ 13y ago
Whichever is highest is the one that prevails. States cannot have lower minimum wages than federal. Federal always prevails over states. However states can set higher minimums than federal, and in that case the higher state minimum prevails.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoWorkers must receive no less than the higher minimum wage.
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