Sure the US has minimum wage laws. Currently it is $6.55 per hour and rises to $7.25 on the 24th of July, 2009. Some states also have their own wage laws and the employee is entitled to the greater of the two.
::michael Paul Hill wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Pete Theisen<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Everybody! >> >> Our PHB is floating the idea of everyone giving up $1 per hour so he can >> reduce the bid on the contract renewal. That would put most everybody at >> $8 per hour, a few at $9. Some workweeks have been cut to as little as 7 >> hours as well, just enough so they don't have to pay unemployment. > > Don't you have minimum wage laws? $9 would be illegal over here. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
