Sentences with phrase «wage than federal law»

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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.

Under federal wage law, employers who pay the tipped minimum wage, which is lower than the standard minimum wage of $ 7.25 per hour, can't pool and share tips with non-tipped workers.

For example, some states have stricter laws on child labor than the federal laws, and some states have different minimum wage laws.

By law, lenders can not garnish more than 25 percent of your net paycheck, and they can not leave you with a weekly income less than 30 times the federal minimum wage.

Shannon has more than 20 years of experience and has successfully defended employers before federal and state courts and agencies against claims including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, violations of wage and hour laws, and violations of leave laws.

This case tested a federal minimum wage law which banned shipping goods in interstate commerce where they were produced by people paid less than minimum wage, and also banned the employment of those people at less than minimum wage in that context.

Bill Emer, of counsel in the firm's Labor & Employment practice, has more than 40 years of experience in labor and employment law in the areas of traditional labor relations, negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, class actions, labor and employment counseling, California and federal wage - and - hour counseling and litigation, and the representation of employers before administrative agencies.

Under federal law, unless some other exemption to the minimum wage applies, employees under the age of 20 can be paid less than the minimum wage in certain circumstances for a limited period of time.

Legislators in approximately 24 states — from Alaska to Kansas — last week introduced bills to close the gender wage gap and provide stronger wage protections for women than those available under federal law.