Minimum Wage Laws (US): Minimum Wage Now $7.25

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Effective July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage went up to $7.25 (from $6.55).

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The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. 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.

The 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.

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division administers and enforces the federal minimum wage law.

My employer says he is not raising it till September for bookkeeping reasons. Is that legal???

Your employer has to follow the guidelines and raise the minimum wage when it goes into effect. He cannot arbitrarily make the rules on this. If minimum wage went into effect at a certain date, that is when all employers must follow suit.

Report him to your nearest dept of Labor office too!!