is there any pending federal legislation or texas state legislation regarding the mimimum wage?
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Current minimum wage is 5.15/hour. There is nothing in Texas pending. On the federal level, there were 2 proposals last year. The Democratic proposal would have raised it to 7.25/hour; this effort was led by Ted Kennedy. The Republican proposal would have raised it to 6.25/hour; this effort was led by Sen Rick Santorum. These were to be added to the bankruptcy law last year but both of these were defeated.
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The federal minimum wage for covered, nonexempt employees is $5.15 per hour. The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states also have minimum wage laws. 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. \n\nThe FLSA does not provide wage payment or collection procedures for an employee's usual or promised wages or commissions in excess of those required by the FLSA. However, some states do have laws under which such claims (sometimes including fringe benefits) may be filed.\n\nThe Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division administers and enforces the federal minimum wage law.\n\nYou will need to research your state labor laws, but it looks as if though your boss is paying you above the federal minimum labor rate.  If you have been working there for about 6+ months, try asking for a raise but don't let you boss know that you know how much she is paying your friends!
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$3.35\n\n On April 1, 1990 the federal minimum wage was increased from $3.35 per hour to $3.80; a year later it was increased to $4.25, for a combined increase in excess of 25 percent. The latter increase was the 17th since the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established the first national minimum wage of twenty-five cents an hour.\n\nThe current minimum wage is $5.15 and was established in 1997.
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Ironically, the United States passed the 27th Amendment in 1992, a leftover from the original Bill of Rights, which was intended to curb pay raise abuses in Congress.  It stipulates that any pay raise cannot go into effect until the next term.  Since an overwhelming number of congressmen are incumbents and constantly re-elected, this provision is rather meaningless.\n\nIn 1989, Congress approved an automatic cost-of-living increase each year that can only be stopped if Congress chooses to reject it.  Conveniently, Congress has refused to reject it yet.\n\nIf citizens complained more loudly to their representatives, they may be able to change the spending habits of Congress.  Unfortunately, this matter is just another one of a long list of matters that people complain about and later forget, meaning that Congress can continue to vote for pay increases without any political ramifications.\n\nI've linked a couple of interesting articles from some fiscally conservative organizations, The Cato Institute and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), regarding this matter.
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I hear ya, there must be some sort of boom for people moving into that line of work that will have trouble shortly.\n\nYou can find this type of information at the bureau of labor and statistics if you are patient and have a lot of time to search. The only time I ever used the site was to show my boss I was worth more and gave proof to get a huge raise.\n\nhttp://www.bls.gov/
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Minimum wage workers?
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The BK is right.  Under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, "The President, shall, at stated times receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected ..."\n\nClinton signed legislation in 1999 to double the salary to 400k.  But under that Article, it wouldn't take effect until the next term or Bush's 1st year.  Congress is the only one that can raise salaries.
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The living wage law didn't pass (I think they were trying for $7.50, not $9.50 if I recall properly).  \n\nBut here's what I can find on the new minimum wage laws for Albuquerque next year:\n\nhttp://www.cabq.gov/planning/nbrcoord/councilmessage.html\n\nSanta Fe does have a living wage for larger employers, but I'm not sure what the numbers are...
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It depends on the district. There is usually a state baseline pay, but districts modify entrance pay based on whether they are rural, sububrban, urban, or Title 1 or not, or are serving low, medium, or high-income families, etc.
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AZ is a "right to work for less" state.  They don't have any set laws.  It's purely by company policy on how it's paid.  Usually it's contained in exactly what it's called (vacation, PTO, etc).  She needs to consult their employee handbook.
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That is correct.  Texas has no state income tax, however you'll still have to pay federal taxes on those earnings.  I'm an accountant.
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Definitely.  the current minimum wage pays a worker around $200 for a 40-hour week.  Unless you're eating dog food, you can't live on that little money.  And there are millions of Americans who do their best.\n\nBut Congress doesn't care about poor people, so they refuse to allow them to earn a wage they can actually live on.  It's disgusting, the way the government craps on the very people who need their help the most.
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Tennessee has no state laws about minimum wages at all. The federal laws would apply. \nThe Federal law states that:  An employer may credit a portion of a tipped employee's tips against the federal minimum wage of $5.15 per hour. An employer must pay at least $2.13 per hour. However, if an employee's tips combined with the employer's wage of $2.13 per hour do not equal the hourly minimum wage, the employer is required to make up the difference.
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It seems that I heard a figure that was approximately 14,000 -15,000 per year.  At any rate, it hasn't been helped by our dear law makers and executive branch - the mininum wage hasn't seen an increase in 9 years!\n\nOh, by the way, free trade is Good for the U.S.A. workers!  Yeah, right!
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the last time the federal gov raised the minimum wage was in 1998, however, each STATE (and even local) has the ability to raise them on their own.  For example, Santa Fe has a minimum wage of $10.50 set for 2008!
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Here's a start:\n\nhttp://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Texas.html
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i live in Connecticut (which i believe its still billed as 'richest state per capita income') and the minimum wage is $7.40 per hour.\ni think next year it goes up to 7.65, and last year it went up from 7.10