Sentences with phrase «federal minimum wage when»

Cuomo's proposal would give New York the highest state minimum wage in the country — and it exceeds Barack Obama's previous goal of a $ 10.10 federal minimum wage when, as he proposed, it took effect at year's end.

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The Department of Labor lawsuit, originally filed in 2012, alleged that the company flouted the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because its workers weren't making minimum wage ($ 7.25 an hour) when their bosses required them to take unpaid breaks, according to the Associated Press.

The last time the federal minimum wage was increased was in 2007, when a $ 2.10 increase was phased in over two years.

Governor Cuomo began to waver, saying he agrees one uniform federal minimum wage rate would be better, but he says there's no telling when Congress might act.

He even seemed to gain the upper hand on Mr. Donovan in two fiery debates, one televised, embarrassing Mr. Donovan when the Republican appeared unable to answer his question of what the federal minimum wage is.

«At face value, abolishing tipping and offering higher wages instead, sounds like a reasonable and necessary action, especially when you consider the federal minimum wage for nontipped workers is $ 7.25 and the federal subminimum wage for tipped workers is at a measly $ 2.13 per hour rate,» said McKenzie.

(2) The amount by which the debtor's disposable earnings for that week exceed 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage in effect when payable.

Many federal and state laws regulate the relationship between employer and employee, for example minimum wage laws, rules about vacation time and overtime, and rules about when employees can be fired.