What Is The Federal Minimum Wage?
The current federal minimum wage is $5.15 per hour. A proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $6.15 was defeated by the United States Senate in September of 1998.
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- If I Hire Minors, Do I Need To Pay Them Minimum Wage?
- If I Pay My Employee On A Commission, Does The Minimum Wage Law Still Apply?
- My Employee Worked 42 Hours In The Five-Day Period From Thursday Through Monday. Is He Due Two Hours Of Overtime?
- My Pay Periods End On The 15th And 30th Of Each Month. Is It Correct To Pay Overtime When The Employee Works More Than 80 Hours In The Two-Week Pay Period?
- For Purposes Of Calculating Overtime, How Is The
- Are Any Amounts Excluded From The Regular Rate Of Pay?
- When Is Overtime Required For Salaried Employees?
- How Is Overtime Calculated When Employees Work At Different Rates Of Pay In The Same Workweek?
- Are Employees Owed Overtime After A Certain Number Of Hours Worked In A Day?
- Can I Require Employees To Work Overtime?
- Can I Give My Employees “Comp Time” Instead Of Paying Overtime?
- Is It Legal To Flex An Employee’s Hours Within One Workweek To Keep The Employee Under 40 Hours?
- If My Employee Works Unauthorized Overtime, Am I Obligated To Pay For It?
- What Does It Mean When An Employee Is “Exempt”?
- How Do You Determine Who Is Exempt From Overtime?
- I Understand That A Basis For Determining Whether Employees Are Exempt Is That They Are Paid On “A Salary Basis.” What Does That Mean?
- Does This Mean That Deductions Are Never Allowed From The Salary?
- What Are The Rules On Final Paychecks?
- Are Non-Compete Agreements Valid?
- What Are The Basic Requirements For Meal Periods Under Oregon Law?
- How Is The “Work Period” Determined?
- Does The Meal Period Have To Be Taken During A Particular Part Of The Worker’s Shift?
- What If The Nature Or Circumstances Of The Work Prevent Me From Giving My Workers An Uninterrupted 30-Minute Meal Period?
- Are Some Employees Exempt From These Rules?
- What Are The Basic Requirements For Rest Breaks Under Oregon Law?
- What Does “Major Portion” Of Four Hours Mean?
- How Do I Calculate The Number Of Rest Periods I Must Give My Employees In One Day?
- Must The Rest Breaks Always Be Given In The Middle Of Each Four-Hour Work Segment
- My Employees Say They Prefer To Skip Their Breaks And Instead Add Them Onto The Meal Period So They Can Have An Extended Lunch. As Long As They Receive The Correct Total Break Time, Is This Allowed?
- What Are The Work Hours For Minors?
- What Is Prohibited Work For Minors?
- What Is The Apprentice Exemption To Hazardous Orders?
- What Is The Student Learner Exemption To Hazardous Orders?
- What About Working Conditions For Minors?
- What Are Lawful Deductions From Wages?
