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The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Yes, paying someone under the minimum wage is against the law. The minimum wage is set by federal or state regulations to ensure fair compensation for employees. Employers must comply with these laws to avoid penalties and legal consequences.
Many countries have laws mandating a minimum wage. However, specific minimum wage rates vary widely across countries. In the United States, for example, the federal minimum wage is set at $7.25 per hour, while in other countries like Australia and Luxembourg, the minimum wage is significantly higher.
The minimum purchase and drinking age is a state law. Each individual U.S. state establishes by law the minimum age at which an individual may purchase alcoholic beverages. The U.S. Government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act on July 17, 1984. This did not change the drinking age. However, it forced the individual states to establish the minimum drinking age as 21 or lose 10% of their federal highway funding. The minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
The minimum wage law is an example of a government regulation that sets the lowest amount employers can pay their employees for hourly work. Its purpose is to ensure that workers receive fair compensation for their labor and to help prevent exploitative labor practices.
The first minimum wage law was passed in 1938.
The first federal minimum wage law in the United States was passed in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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.
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).
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
The federal minimum wage first went into effect in 1938. At that time, Congress set the minimum wage at 25 cents per hour.
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
I am assuming that by hourly wage you mean minimum wage. In 1938 the hourly wage was $0.25 a hour, although that was implement more towards the end of the year, I think it was set in October. That was when minimum wage was actually set by a government act. The act was applicable generally to employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce.
The US federal minimum wage in 1978 was set at $2.65 an hour for all covered non exempt workers.
The initial one that started the whole "minimum wage" concept was in 1938 at twenty-five cents an hour, although there have been many changes to it since.
Because Michigan's taxes are low.
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