Few programs pay more than the minimum wage of $3.80 an hour.
The minimum wage is still higher than in other countries.
I've been on 24/7 call for only a little over minimum wage as well.
The minimum wage is not the only issue in which the states have taken the lead from the federal government.
Many of our people will not work for minimum wages.
He makes about $460 a month, less than the minimum wage, but enough to pay most of his way.
The minimum wage is about $14,000 per year, and makes up less than 5% of the work force.
The bill would increase the minimum wage to $5.15 an hour from $4.25.
The pay is minimum wage, but no one seemed to mind.
Here, summer work is likely to come at pay well above the $5.15 minimum wage.
Opponents of higher minimum wages contend that prosperity is best generated by stronger economic growth rather than by mandated wage levels.
On this basis, many people dismiss recent scholarly evidence suggesting that higher minimum wages may not cost the country jobs.
Three days ago, tens of thousands of workers and pensioners demonstrated for higher minimum wages and pensions.
They have helped push for higher minimum wages in several states, and some centers have won more than $1 million in back pay for immigrants who were cheated.
As Chief Minister, he has distributed land to more than a million landless sharecroppers in the state and backed the demands of workers for higher minimum wages.
In many developed countries, stock can be imported from nations with lower variable costs, due to factors such as lower minimum wages or taxation.
By now, many people probably understand that the dire predictions about higher minimum wages don't come true.
Although the law does not necessarily affect union workers, it was a coalition of nearly 100 labor unions that first urged the Council to adopt the higher minimum wages.
Congress has increasingly been putting more burden on employers, like higher minimum wages or particular health and welfare benefits, as the Federal deficit has made Government financing harder.
Of the 12 states with higher-than-federal minimum wages, only Alaska is above California, at $7.15 an hour.
