minimum wage law
Lowest legal pay
A minimum wage law is legislation setting the lowest hourly rate employers may legally pay workers.
Such laws aim to ensure basic living standards for workers, though economists debate their effects on employment and business costs.
The federal minimum wage law hasn't kept pace with inflation.
Most countries and many states or localities have their own minimum wage laws.
- hourlyOnce each sixty minutes
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- paycheck to paycheckNo savings between wages
- take-home payEarnings after withholdings
- workersPeople doing jobs
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