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What year was the first minimum wage established?

The first minimum wage law was passed in 1938.


What was the US minimum wage in 1900?

The first US minimum wage law was not enacted until 1938. The 1938 Act was applicable generally to employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce and was set at $.25 an hour.


What year did federal minimum wage go into effect?

The federal minimum wage first went into effect in 1938. At that time, Congress set the minimum wage at 25 cents per hour.


Who first proposed minimum wage and health insurance?

Minimum wage and health insurance were first proposed by Harry S Truman in his Fair Deal proposal.


When was the first minium wage law instituted and how much was minimum wage at that time?

The world's first minimum wage law was enacted in New Zealand in 1894. The first minimum wage law in the US was enacted in 1912 in the State of Massachusetts. The first national law was in 1938. The amount was set at $0.30 (present day value of $4.70).


What is the minimum wage in Kansas?

The minimum wage is $7.25, the same as federal minimum wage.


When was the first minimum wage law passed?

The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act.


Did they have a minimum wage in the 1800s?

there was no minimum wage then:)


What was minimum wage in 1967?

Set by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1937, minimum wage $0.25 an hour. See this government website for more information, though it takes a while to load. http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/chart.htm


Minimum wage in the 1920s?

what was the minimum wage in the 1920


What is the minimum wage in Italy?

italy does not have a minimum wage


What act created minimum wage?

The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) created the minimum wage system in use today, however, the minimum wage was first nationally mandated by the National Industry Recovery Act (1933).