a state law that has a minumum wage?
2006-08-04 06:10:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
yes it would, but they aren't. Ya see the ones who are in charge of saying if us little people make more money, don't need it, so they have said NO. I hope they die from cancer.
2006-08-04 06:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by sisy j 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The minimum wage is set at a national level. If states varied in their minimum wage, people that lived on the borders would work in the state that paid the most. So, the other state would lose tax money and stuff like that.
2006-08-04 13:13:34 · answer #2 · answered by Biskit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The federal minimum wage applies to the entire country. A state minimum wage cannot be lower than this. However, a state minimum wage can be higher than the federal one. This happens because cost of living in certain parts of the country is higher than in others, so states can raise their minimum wage so that people can get by (as they wouldn't be able to on the federal minimum wage).
2006-08-04 13:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by Sappho 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if it is higher than the state law. But if the state has a higher minimum wage, then it would not.
2006-08-04 13:13:59 · answer #4 · answered by Deja Entendu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the federal minimum wage would be the minimum. States could be higher.
2006-08-04 13:12:29 · answer #5 · answered by Robb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
State laws must conform with federal minimum wage, at minimum. states can set a higher minimum wage, but not a lower one than federal.
2006-08-04 13:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah Federal minimum wage supercedes any lower state wage.
2006-08-04 13:12:53 · answer #7 · answered by johngrobmyer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if the federal law has a higher wage.
2006-08-04 13:13:07 · answer #8 · answered by Doug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless the state wage is higher.
2006-08-04 13:12:48 · answer #9 · answered by Schmorgen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's a federal law and the states have to comply.
2006-08-04 13:13:51 · answer #10 · answered by michaelyoung_airforce 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. A state can can increase it above the federal limit, but can't decrease it below the federal limit
2006-08-04 13:12:48 · answer #11 · answered by Velociraptor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋