Quote:
Originally Posted by he-fox
"The minimum wage that takes effect today will boost pay for covered, non-exempt employees to $5.85 an hour from $5.15. The next jump will occur on July 24, 2008, to $6.55 an hour, and then to $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009."
yayyyy   |
Damn - that's nice - I can eat now
Sadly even the 2009 hourly rate is still below most other western countries eg.. UK is on around $11/hour and due to rise a small amount in October this year.