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Articles Discussing the Minimum Wage Under State Laws.

2025 Midyear State and Local Minimum Wage Increases

Posted: June 15, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Several state and local minimum wage rates will soon increase, beginning on July 1, 2025. This article provides the state and major locality minimum wage increases for mid-2025 only, along with related changes in the minimum cash wage for tipped employees where applicable. The new rates are listed in bold

2025 State and Major Locality Minimum Wage Updates

Posted: December 12, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

More than twenty states, and several major localities, will increase their minimum wage rates in the new year, with a majority of the changes effective on January 1, 2025. The chart below lists state and certain major locality minimum wage increases for 2025—and future years, if available—along with the related

2024 Midyear State and Local Minimum Wage Increases

Posted: June 18, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Several state and local minimum wage rates will soon increase, beginning on July 1, 2024. This article provides the state and major locality minimum wage increases for mid-2024 only, along with related changes in the minimum cash wage for tipped employees where applicable. The new rates are in bold text.

Temperatures May Decrease, but U.S. Minimum Wage, Tip, and Exempt Employee Pay Will Increase on January 1, 2024 in Parts of the Country

Posted: November 29, 2023 | Littler Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

It’s time again for a look at scheduled state- and local-level wage increases that will take effect on January 1, 2024, along with some rate changes that occurred in late 2023 before publication. Employers can use this information to determine the minimum amount they must pay non-exempt, tipped, and

State and Major Locality Minimum Wage Updates for 2023

Posted: December 26, 2022 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Several state and local minimum wage rates will increase in 2023, with a majority of the changes effective on January 1, 2023. The following chart lists state and certain major locality minimum wage increases for 2023—and future years, if available—along with the related changes in the maximum tip credit and

Midyear 2022 State and Major Locality Minimum Wage Increases

Posted: June 18, 2022 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Several state and local minimum wage rates will increase in the latter half of 2022, with most of these changes effective on July 1, 2022. Increases to minimum wage rates for nonexempt employees and tipped employees in Florida will occur later in the year, on September 30, 2022.

DOL Cracks Down, and Opens Cracks, on Employers Keeping Tips

Posted: October 1, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Employers will soon face stricter financial penalties for keeping their employees’ tips under a final rule published by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 24, 2021. Section 3(m)(2)(B) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibits employers—including “managers and supervisors”—from keeping employees’ tips “for any purposes,” regardless of

DOL Proposes New Rule to Establish Minimum Wage Standards for Federal Contractors

Posted: July 28, 2021 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to outline the standards and procedures that it will use to administer President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14026, which he signed on April 27, 2021. Executive Order 14026 proposed an increase to the minimum

DOL Releases Proposed Rule on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

Posted: July 23, 2021 | Littler Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule to implement and enforce Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors,” was published in the Federal Register.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Raising Federal Minimum Wage to $15

Posted: March 31, 2021 | Jackson Lewis Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

In January 2021, legislators introduced the “Raise the Wage Act of 2021,” to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour by 2025. If passed, it would be the first increase in more than a decade, the longest stretch since 1938.

2021 State Minimum Wage Increases

Posted: December 23, 2020 | Ogletree Deakins Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Several states’ minimum wage rates will increase in 2021. The following chart lists the state (and certain major locality) minimum wage increases for 2021—and future years, if available—along with the related changes in the maximum tip credit and minimum cash wage for tipped employees.

Minimum Wage, Tipped and Exempt Employee Pay in 2021: A Rates-Only Update

Posted: November 19, 2020 | Littler Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Minimum wage laws can affect businesses of all sizes, whether operating nationwide, in multiple jurisdictions, or only in one state, county, or city. To help manage this challenge, below we provide a rates-only update that details scheduled state- and local-level wage increases throughout 2021 so employers can determine the

18 States Set to Ring in the New Year with Minimum Wage Increases

Posted: December 28, 2018 | Ford Harrison Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

Executive Summary: With 2018 winding down, employers should be prepared for the minimum wage increases that are expected in the New Year. Even though the federal minimum wage has stagnated at $7.25 per hour since 2009, state legislatures have been active in increasing their respective minimum wage rates. In 2019, 21 states will increase their state’s minimum wage rate, with 18 of those increases taking effect on New Year’s Day or New Year’s Eve.

2019 Minimum Wage Rate Increases: The List Grows

Posted: December 9, 2018 | Jackson Lewis Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

While the federal minimum wage has remained stalled at $7.25 an hour since 2009, there has been significant movement at the state level, with some states enacting a minimum wage rate that is now more than double the federal level.

WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, & Overtime Developments (November Edition)

Posted: December 3, 2018 | Littler Category: FLSA - Minimum Wage, State Issues

The dishes are done, the leftovers are gone, and you are back at work. Were new laws enacted while you were conked out in a tryptophan-induced nap? Keep reading for all the November updates about the minimum wage, tips, and overtime.

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