Colorado Reduces Minimum Wage in 2010
For the first time, a state minimum wage will be reduced. On January 1, 2010 the Colorado minimum wage will be reduced by 4 cents, from $7.28 per hour…
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California Approves Exempt Salary Reduction
The California Labor Agency recently issued an opinion allowing employers to reduce an exempt employee’s salary and hours worked, at the same time, without endangering the worker’s status as a…
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State Minimum Wage Update
With the most recent hike in the federal minimum wage from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour, there are now 28 states with the same minimum wage. All of these states…
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Georgia Minimum Wage
Most of the states in the country have established minimum wage laws at the state level, including Georgia. The Georgia minimum wage is currently $5.15 per hour, although almost…
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Kansas Minimum Wage
Every Kansas employer needs to update his or her federal minimum wage poster. On July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage increased from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour,…
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New Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Law
Earlier this summer, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen signed a new Tennessee Workers’ Compensation law. The new law will limit employers’ liability for injuries suffered by employees during voluntary recreational, social…
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Tennessee’s New 2009 Minimum Wage Rate Requirements
Most Tennessee employers must pay the new minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009. The federal minimum wage was established under the The Fair Labor Standards…
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Mississippi Minimum Wage
Although Mississippi has no minimum wage, most employees in the state are entitled to $7.25 per hour under federal law. The federal minimum wage was increased on July 24, 2009…
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Delaware’s (DE) New Minimum Wage in 2009
Under state law, the Delaware minimum wage increases automatically if the federal minimum wage is higher. On July 24, 2009 when the federal minimum wage increased, the Delaware minimum wage…
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Minimum Wage Increase in Utah (UT) – 2009
Like many other states across America, such as Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, Idaho and Indiana, Utah increases the state minimum wage when the federal minimum wage increases. Therefore, on July…
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