MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 1 year agoTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.message-squaremessage-square225fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down158file-text
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1message-squareTIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com to Today I Learned@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square225fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 year agoThat in no way contradicts anything I said. The person I was replying to never said they were exempt from minimum wage… They said what they misremembered the minimum wage to have been.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year agoMy point is they may have been remembering the minimum as it was relevant to the work they did at the time, not necessarily the federal minimum.
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·1 year agoIt is illegal for a company in any state to pay lower than federal minimum wage regardless whether or not the state’s minimum wage is set lower. Full stop.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoJobs that are considered exempt from federal minimum wage can still have a different set state exempt minimum wage that is higher than the mandated exempt federal wage. For example, say the exempt wage is $2.75, a state can mandate $3.00 instead.
minus-squarefoksmashlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoI understand this to be true as well.
That in no way contradicts anything I said.
The person I was replying to never said they were exempt from minimum wage… They said what they misremembered the minimum wage to have been.
My point is they may have been remembering the minimum as it was relevant to the work they did at the time, not necessarily the federal minimum.
It is illegal for a company in any state to pay lower than federal minimum wage regardless whether or not the state’s minimum wage is set lower.
Full stop.
Jobs that are considered exempt from federal minimum wage can still have a different set state exempt minimum wage that is higher than the mandated exempt federal wage.
For example, say the exempt wage is $2.75, a state can mandate $3.00 instead.
I understand this to be true as well.