My friend currently makes $8.00 hr, fifty cents over minimum wage. On the first of the year minimum wage is increasing to $8.00 and his employer does not want to give him his fifty cent raise back,therefore making $8.50 as he should.Is it legal to do such a thing?
2007-12-26 10:24:15 · 7 answers · asked by dread_or_alive 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
There is not, never has been, and should never be a requirement to give ANYONE a raise to offset an increase in minimum wage. The ONLY exception is anyone whose wage is BELOW the new minimum wage. Where are you anyway? The US Federal minimum wage is currently $5.85 and is scheduled to go up to $7.25 by mid 2009.
2007-12-26 11:16:04 · answer #1 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's funny, I just posted the minimum wage poster at my workplace and it says the min. wage is $5.85 as of July 24, 2007, it will be $6.55 on July 24 of 2008 and $7.25 on July 24 of 2009.
Someone needs to check their facts if we are all talking about the USA market.
Then, regardless of the previous amount a person is employed at, the bottom moving up does not require all other pay levels to be increased. Since the employer was already paying more than minimum wage to presumably attract the worker that he needed for the job, he will probably have to increase the wage eventually to keep that level of employee. But, in no means is he bound to nor should he be thought less of for not doing so. If the friend doesn't like that situation, then he is free to find a job paying more.
2007-12-26 10:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by bkc99xx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Your friend gets paid $8 an hour, not $.50 over minimum wage. The fact that $8 happens to exceed the current minimum wage is simply a coincidence.
2007-12-26 10:28:50 · answer #3 · answered by DOOM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is lucky he is making 50 cents more now. Nothing illegal about the employer not raising his salary to $8.50 an hour after the first of the year. Sorry.
2007-12-26 10:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he doesn't have to give a person that makes more then min. wage a wage increase! he can always quit and get another job!
2007-12-26 10:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by Nooneimportant 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The current min. wage in the United States is $5.15 set back in sept 1997. The new min. wage is schedule to go up to $7.00 dollars in hours in the NEXT FIVE YEARS so..it is approved for increase up to seven dollars by the end of 2013. The new law increase has not gone in affect yet but is approved...
2007-12-26 10:34:22 · answer #6 · answered by Burt 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
That can happpen... I was a manager of a movie theatre for awhile back in the day and thats what happened to my employee's
2007-12-26 10:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by bmulek2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋