2020 Minimum Wages by State

A recent court case reminds employers everywhere to review whether workers being paid as independent contractors should be considered employees. Premium pay required after 52 hours in seasonal amusement or recreation businesses. An employee earning a guaranteed monthly compensation of $4,000 or more is exempt from the State minimum wage and overtime law. Minimum wage rate and overtime provisions applicable to retail and service, commercial support service, food and beverage, and health and medical industries. Under a voluntary flexible work hour plan approved by the Alaska Department of Labor, a 10 hour day, 40 hour workweek may be instituted with premium pay after 10 hours a day.

• Check out the list below to find out if your state saw (or will see) an increase in rate.
• While the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr still presides in 21 states, many states will have minimum wage rate increases in 2020.
• While the regulations are not yet final and will not be effective until March 2020, we want to notify you of the two major anticipated reforms.
• (g) – Minnesota sets a lower rate for enterprises with annual receipts of less than $500,000 ($4.90, January 1, 1998-January 1, 2005).
• View the latest 2025 minimum wage rates for all U.S. states in one updated chart.

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Both states divided counties between three different categories and gave them each a different minimum wage rate. Employers of all sizes are required to post updated Labor Law Posters that reflect the new minimum wages. Chose your state after clicking the below link to purchase the Complete State & Federal Labor Law Poster that contains all required posters for employers, including the updated minimum wage poster. In cases where an employee is subject to both the state and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages. Starting April 1, 2024, all “fast food restaurant employees” who are covered by the new law must be paid at least $20.00 per hour.

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Some local governments set minimum wage rates higher than their respective state minimum wage. Such differential provisions are not displayed in this table. The Vermont Retained Earnings on Balance Sheet minimum wage is adjusted annually based on a set formula.

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Compliance assistance inquiries will not trigger an inspection, audit, investigation, etc. For additional information about when increases go into effect and to learn about future enacted increases, see our free Minimum Wage Laws resource. About 10% of Americans have experienced drug addiction at some point in their lives. If one of your employees is struggling with this disease, you might be tempted to fire him or her. What state minimum wage changes have already taken place in 2019? These are the changes by year that have been made to the Washington State minimum wage since 1961.

A total of 21 states use the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25. When the minimum wage increases, some employers wonder if they should also provide a raise to employees already earning equal to or more than the new rate. For example, if the minimum wage increases from $9 per hour to $10 per hour, should an employee already earning $10 per hour also get a raise? While the employer is under no obligation to provide a raise in such cases, some employees may be expecting one.

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GovDocs simplifies the complexity of employment law management (ELM) for large, multilocation employers across all industries. However, Montana does not allow tip credits, meaning employees who receive tips must still be paid the regular minimum wage rate. The federal FLSA requires that a minimum wage be paid for all hours an employee is “suffered or permitted” to work for the employer (29 U.S.C. §203(g)) and that an overtime wage be paid for all hours “worked” over 40 in a week. The FLSA does not specifically define “hours worked” or place a limit on the number of hours an employee may work; it requires only that overtime be paid for any hours worked over 40.

• Here’s the current non-tipped minimum hourly wage in each state.
• The initial increase is a big one, too, up $1.50 from the current rate.
• Effective January 1, 2026, the minimum wage is $16.90 per hour for all employers, not otherwise covered by a higher minimum wage specific to an industry or a locality.
• In Florida, proponents of an initiative file signatures with local elections supervisors, who are responsible for verifying signatures.
• Amendment 2 would implement the highest minimum wage rate of any ballot measure as of 2020.
• This information often may be found at the websites maintained by State labor departments.

The elaws Poster Advisor can be used to determine which poster(s) employers are required to display at their place(s) of business. Posters, available in English and other languages, unearned revenue may be downloaded free of charge and printed directly from the Advisor. If you already know which poster(s) you are required to display, see below to download and print the appropriate poster(s) free of charge. If employees are checking e-mails for 2 or 3 minutes, employers will likely not have to pay for this time. But if employees are spending 10 to 15 minutes after work hours, employers will have to pay employees for this work time. Also, the FLSA explicitly permits the rounding of an employee’s start and stop times.