legal minimum wage rate

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• Minimum wage law — is the body of law which prohibits employers from hiring employees or workers for less than a given hourly, daily or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation.[1] Until recently, minimum wage… …   Wikipedia

• Minimum wage — A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labour. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in a great many… …   Wikipedia

• Minimum wage in Hong Kong — The Legislative Council voted to introduce a minimum wage in Hong Kong in July 2010.[1] The executive branch proposed a minimum wage of HK$28 ( US$3.60) per hour in November 2010, which the Legislative Council voted to accept after much debate in …   Wikipedia

• minimum wage — the lowest wage payable to employees in general or to designated employees as fixed by law or by union agreement. [1855 60] * * * Wage rate established by collective bargaining or by government regulation, specifying the lowest rate at which… …   Universalium

• minimum wage — n: a wage fixed by contract or esp. by law as the least that may be paid either to employees generally or to a particular category of employees compare scale Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• National Minimum Wage Act 1998 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title ... Statute book chapter 1998 …   Wikipedia

• national minimum wage — (NMW) A minimum hourly rate of pay set by government, which applies to all workers. The rates set are based on the recommendations of the independent Low Pay Commission. There are three rates; an adult rate for workers aged 22 and over, a… …   Law dictionary

• wage — n 1: a payment usu. of money for labor or services usu. according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis often used in pl. 2 pl: the share of the national product attributable to labor as a factor in production Merriam… …   Law dictionary

• List of minimum wages by country — The list below gives the official minimum wage rates in 197 countries and territories: 192 United Nations member states (does not include South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011), plus the Republic of China (Taiwan), Northern Cyprus,… …   Wikipedia

• List of U.S. minimum wages — See also: Minimum wage in the United States Minimum Wage by U.S. state and U.S. territory (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), as of Jan. 1, 2011 …   Wikipedia

• Maximum wage — A maximum wage, also often called a wage ceiling, is a legal limit on how much income an individual can earn.[1] This is a related economic concept that is complementary to the minimum wage used currently by some states to enforce minimum… …   Wikipedia