Sentences with phrase «than the minimum wage required»

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Although some states have set higher benchmarks than federal law requires, minimum wage in the US is $ 7.25 an hour.

If a business owner required all female workers to wear religious head scarves, we can tell him he can't; if a business owner claims his religion forbids him from paying workers more than $ 5 an hour, we can nonetheless require him to pay the minimum wage.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs today announced their filing of a collective action lawsuit against Darden Restaurants, the world's largest full - service restaurant group, alleging servers were paid less than the minimum wage and were not compensated for time they were required to work off the clock.

That's the industry's seemingly unanimous opinion of the governor's proposal to require that tipped employees — more than 80 percent of whom work in restaurants as servers, bartenders and in similar positions — be paid the state's full minimum wage.

«In certain industries, New York requires that a prevailing wage be paid — which is higher than the minimum wage,» Stiller said.

The working poor need a boost, and the state should require bosses to pay more than the current $ 7.25 an hour minimum wage, according to Stirpe.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced new compromise legislation on Friday that would require only companies receiving direct subsidies from the city to pay employees the so - called living wage, which is a few dollars more than the minimum wage.

If there is not enough revenue to where their share would be greater than or equal to minimum wage, is the company required to...

The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make additional regulations regarding minimum wage rates payable to certain classes of employees and requiring employers to pay certain amounts when employees work fewer than three hours on a particular day.

It is a world where jobs pay less than the minimum wage, and sometimes nothing at all; where employers do not pay overtime for 60 - hour weeks, and deny meal breaks that are required by law; where vital health and safety regulations are routinely ignored, even after injuries occur; and where workers are subject to blatant discrimination, and retaliated against for speaking up or trying to organize.

After 18 weeks, they would be required to further expand their job search to include any work that they are qualified (able) to perform (with on - the - job if required (with necessary trainings), at wages starting at 70 % of their previous earnings, but not lower than the prevailing minimum wage.

Since then, firms have been required only to pay no less than the minimum wage (# 11,830).