The minimum wage is the lowest legal wage paid to workers in certain categories. In the U.S., minimum hourly wages are set by the federal government and by the states. In other countries, minimum wages (by the day or month as well as the hour) can be the result of labor negotiations as well as legislation.
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  • Oregon Minimum Wage Increases Boost Welfare-to-Work Efforts - Report -5/29/98
    Report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
  • Minimum Wage Escalation
    Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy.
  • Minimum Wage - It Just Doesn't Add Up
    Article on how US minimum wage jobs are not enough to support a family, and keep families in grinding poverty.
  • U.S. Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division
    Information from the federal Department of Labor.
  • Minimum Wage and Fairness
    Mackinac Center study arguing against the minimum wage, by Michael LaFaive.
  • Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain
    Essay concerning the origin of the minimum wage and its negative impact on women, minorities, and unskilled workers.
  • Minimum Wage Issue Guide
    Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles.
  • Ignoring Economics
    An article arguing that the minimum wage is partly responsible for unemployment among not only African-American youth but also violent young French Muslims as well.
  • Raising the National Minimum Wage
    Sources of information about the federal minimum wage, arguments both for and against raising it, research studies, news, politics, and the wage in other countries.
  • Minimum Wage Employers Posting Strong Job Growth
    From Oregon, a report showing strong growth in the restaurant and farm industries that pay the state's high minimum wage.
  • The Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Small Business
    An economist's testimony to a House of Representatives subcommittee on why the federal minimum wage should be raised.
  • Livable Wage Legislation
    From Vermont's livable wage campaign, lots of information about the economics and politics of raising the state's minimum wage.
  • U.S. Minimum Wage History
    Three charts showing changes in the minimum wage, its value, and its relationship to the poverty level over the last several decades.
  • The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Woman's Issue
    From the Economic Policy Institute, an analysis of how a minimum wage increase would help working women and reduce the gender gap in wages.
  • The Case Against a Higher Minimum Wage
    From the Joint Economic Committee in Congress, a compilation of links to 1995-1996 reports against the minimum wage increase being considered at that time.
  • The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth
    From 1988, a popular analysis of the economic, social, and political reasons not to raise the minimum wage.
  • Does an Increase in the Minimum Wage Result in a Higher Unemployment Rate?
    Article discussing the employment effects of the minimum wage, with a long list of annotated links to other arguments pro and con.

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  • Labor Standards Minimum Wage
    URL : www.dlt.ri.gov/ls/minimumwage.htm
    To find the minimum wage for other states, visit the US Department of Labor's ... data on Rhode Island's minimum wage, please visit Labor Market Information's ...[2008/09/15]
  • Minimum Wage Rate:
    URL : www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/lib/landi/laborlaw/pdf/llc-1.pdf
    of Labor & Industry and for employers. In. addition, the Minimum Wage Act provides ... to Labor & Industry. Penalties: Failure to pay the legal minimum wage or ...[2007/06/22]
  • Minimum Wage Laws in the States
    URL : www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm
    Features a clickable map with information on state minimum wage laws. From the U.S. Department of Labor.[2008/11/19]
  • U.S. Department of Labor - Employment Standards Administration (ESA ...
    URL : www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa
    US Department of Labor: ESA's mission is to enhance the welfare and protect the rights of American ... Employment Law Guide: Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay ...[2008/11/08]
  • Minimum Wage - Wikipedia
    URL : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage
    ... article covering the history and consequences of minimum wage laws. ... of labor economists believe that an increase in the minimum wage increases unemployment. ...[2008/11/14]
  • Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Labor Standards
    URL : www.doli.state.mn.us/laborlaw.html
    Frequently asked questions. Minimum wage. Overtime. Child labor standards (prohibited occupations) ... Child labor. Minimum wage. Handicapped workers ...[2008/10/21]
  • Minimum wage
    URL : www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_MinimumWage.htm
    U.S. Dept. of Labor. Minimum wage ... Minimum Wage Order (MW-2007) ... Labor Code Sections 1191 and 1191.5. 1. Q. What is the minimum wage? A. ...[2008/10/31]
  • Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
    URL : www.dolir.mo.gov/ls/minimumwage/index.asp
    Worker Information for the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. ... Missouri Minimum Wage Law requires the Director of the Department of Labor and ...[2008/10/23]
  • Minimum wage law
    URL : www.doli.state.mn.us/minwage.html
    Labor Standards. Child labor. Overtime. Minimum wage. Parental leave. search for ... Federal Fair Labor Standards Act poster page (includes minimum wage information) ...[2008/10/16]
  • Colorado Division of Labor Minimum Wage
    URL : www.coworkforce.com/lab/minimumwage.asp
    Minimum Wage. Immigration Laws. Labor Relations and Union Issues. Youth Employment ... If you wish to file a minimum wage complaint with the Division, you must fully ...[2008/10/17]
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