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What is the minimum wage for workers who receive tips?

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employer of a tipped employee is only required to pay $2.13 an hour in direct wages, if that amount plus the tips received equals at least the federal minimum wage. If not, the employer must make up the difference.
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Question: I receive tips. Can my employer pay me less than minimum wage?

Frequently Asked Questions: North Dakota Department of Labor
Answer: An employee who customarily and regularly receives more than $30 per month in tips can be paid a minimum cash wage of $3.92 per hour. However, his or her tips plus the cash wage must equal at least the full minimum wage of $5.85 per hour for all hours worked each workweek.
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What is minimum wage?

Wage & Hour
Minimum wage will change yearly based upon legislation enacted in 2005. To review current and future minimum wage rates click here minimum wage
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Is the minimum wage applicable for employees who receive tips?

Frequently Asked Questions about Starting a Business
The federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. A business owner is not required to pay minimum wage to an employee who routinely makes at least $30.00 per month in tips. However, the amount of pay plus tips earned must bring the employee's earnings up to the $5.15 per hour level. A business owner must analyze their potential risk exposure. For example, the business owner should consider product liability insurance if the business manufactures products that are placed in the stream of commerce.
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Do I have to pay minimum wage to employees who receive tips?

Wage and Hour Laws FAQ - Yahoo! Small Business
It depends on how generous your customers are. Under federal law, as long as an employee routinely earns at least $30 per month in tips, you can pay the employee as little as $2.13 an hour. However, the amount you pay plus the tips the employee actually earns must bring the employee's earnings up to minimum wage level. If the employee's total earnings fall short of the minimum wage, you must make up the difference.
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Who are minimum wage workers?

Minimum Wage Issue Guide: FAQs
estimated 13.0 million workers (10% of the workforce) would benefit from an increase in the federal minimum wage to $7.25 by 2009. Of these workers, 5.6 million would be directly affected and 7.4 million would indirectly receive raises due to the spillover effect of a minimum wage increase. Of the total affected workers, 79% are adults and 59% are women. Over half (53%) work full time and another third (31%) work between 20 and 34 hours per week.
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Can tips be a supplement for the minimum wage increase?

GGRA
No. Unlike 45 other states, in California, state law does not allow a tip credit against the minimum wage for tipped employees.
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What is the current Utah minimum wage?

Labor Commission of Utah
As of July 24, 2007, the Utah minimum wage is $5.85 per hour. Minor employees (under 18 years of age) may be paid $4.25 per hour, as a training wage, for the first 90 days of employment. Employees receiving tips of at least $30.00 per month may be paid a cash wage of $2.13 per hour, if the total of the cash wage and the tips total at least $5.85 per hour. If the employee is separated by the employer, all wages are due immediately and payable within 24 hours of separation.
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What is the minimum on-campus wage rate?

UNI - Financial Aid
per hour ($7.25 effective Jan 1, 2008). The rate of pay is determined based on the student's job responsibilities and a three-classification wage schedule. The minimum pay rate at "Job Class I" is $5.60 per hour; however, many students may begin at a higher wage rate.
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Question: What is the minimum wage? Does North Dakota have a training wage?

Frequently Asked Questions: North Dakota Department of Labor
Answer: Possibly. Employees are entitled to overtime pay unless their actual work duties meet one or more of the exemptions from overtime provided in labor law. Simply being paid on a salary basis is not enough to make an employee exempt from overtime pay. A complete list of overtime exemptions is provided on the reverse side of the ND Minimum Wage & Work Conditions Summary Poster. Please note: Adobe Reader is needed to view or print the brochure.
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Does my employer have to pay the Vermont minimum wage or the Federal minimum wage?

Wage & Hour
All employers doing business in Vermont are required to pay at a minimum Vermont's current minimum wage. There are some exemptions from state minimum wage, exemptions are but not limited to: Although full time high school students are exempt from Vermont's minimum wage requirement, federal law provides for a minimum compensation for these students. These exemptions are only from state minimum wage laws; they do not include federal minimum wage laws. Please call the federal Dept.
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What is the Minimum Wage? What are the exceptions?

Labor Standards Frequently Asked Questions
of January 1, 2007, the minimum wage is $7.40 per hour. Exemptions include Minors, 14-15 years of age working 24 hours or less. They may be paid 75% of the minimum wage = $5.55 per hour. If a minor works in excess of 24 hours, all hours must be paid at the minimum wage. For more information on the minimum wage, including a link to the law, please visit our minimum wage webpage.
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Are there special minimum wage rules for minors?

Frequently Asked Questions | Employers | Georgia Department ...
The federal minimum wage is $5.85 hr. However, a "special" minimum wage of $4.25 per hour applies to employees under the age of 20 during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment. After the 90-day period, employers are required to pay the full minimum wage. There are other programs that allow for payment below the federal minimum wage for "full-time students" and "student learners." Yes.
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Should the minimum wage increase?

JournalStar.com - Lincoln, Nebraska - Blog - JournalStar.com...
Two months into her minimum wage job at Target Corp., Tara Dennis realized she and her three children would be better off if she was unemployed and on food stamps. So she quit. As a single mom, minimum wage isn’t going to get me ahead. It’s not even going to get me caught up,” said Dennis, who lives in Missoula, Mont. A proposed hike that would bring the Federal minimum wage to $7.25 would give workers like Dennis their first raise since the Federal minimum increased to $5.
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Question: Is there still a minimum wage?

Jobwise - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Answer: Yes. The Australian Workplace Relations system provides a guarantee of basic rates of pay. These rates are set and adjusted by the Australian Fair Pay Commission .
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Whistler FAQ
The minimum wage is about $8 CAD - with some companies you can get bonuses when you work for them like a season ski pass.
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Arkansas Department of Labor
Effective October 1, 2006, state minimum wage is $6.25 per hour. State minimum wage laws are expanded to cover all employers having four or more employees. On May 25, 2007 President Bush signed a spending bill to increase the federal minimum wage from $5.15 an hour in three steps: to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007; to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Please note: Some workers aged 22 and over may be paid the lower rate in the first 6 months of a new job. For more details see:
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What's minimum wage?

JMU - Federal Work-Study Frequently Asked Questions
The minimum wage for the state of Virginia is $5.15. This is also the federal minimum wage. The average pay rate for an on-campus job is $5.85/hour. Return to top
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GraceHollis & What We Do
of January 1, 2002, the minimum wage in California is $6.75 per hour. The minimum wage is an obligation of the employer and cannot be waived by any agreement. Some employees are exempt from the minimum wage law, including outside salespersons, individuals who are the parent, spouse or child of the employer, and apprentices regularly indentured under the State Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
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Free Overtime Quiz
Currently (January 2007) The Florida minimum wage is $6.67 per hour. The Federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. Other states have also enacted higher minimum wages.
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FindLegalForms.com - Legal Form Guides and FAQ Section
The Federal minimum wage is set under the authority of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Currently, the Federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. Many states have passed their own minimum wage laws. For more information about state minimum wage rates, please see our the State Minimum Wage Table included in our Employment Law Guide, or see the Department of Labor’s website.
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Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
The state minimum wage is $6.50 per hour. Federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. The Missouri Minimum Wage and Overtime Law, sections 290.500 to 290.530, are enforced by the state. The Division of Labor Standards will investigate complaints of non-compliance of the state minimum wage law.
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FAQ
Currently, the federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division enforces the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that regulates minimum wage rates, overtime pay, child labor, and equal pay for employees. Most states have similar laws to the FLSA. Federal minimum wage and state minimum wage can differ. Generally, the wage rate that provides more benefit to the employee determines the employee's rate of pay.
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Are all workers in New York State covered by the minimum wage requirements?

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middot; Companions to sick or elderly people who live in the home of an employer and whose principal duties do not include housework middot; Government employees (except certain non-teaching employees employed by a school district or board of cooperative educational services) For covered employment, the minimum hourly rate is one and one-half times the regular rate after 40 hours in any week.
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