minimum wage

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Definition of minimum wage in English Turkish dictionary

Asgari ücretle geçinmek zordur. - It's hard to get by on minimum wage.

Bizim için çalışan herkes asgari ücretten daha fazla kazanır. - Everyone working for us earns more than the minimum wage.

(Ticaret) minimum ücret

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Definition of minimum wage in English English dictionary: The lowest rate at which an employer can legally pay an employee; usually expressed as pay per hour; the lowest wage rate that any employer can legally pay, set by the government; - wage fixed by that law that an employer can pay a worker Also known as statutory minimum wage; lowest wage or salary that the law will allow; from October 1, 1996 to September 1, 1997 the minimum wage was $4 75/hour at which time it went up to $5 15/hour; The lowest rate at which a University employee may be paid See "Fair Labor Standards Act " (NOTE: Student employees may be paid a lower rate ); The minimum hourly wage to be paid to employees as designated by the U S Department of Labor; $5 15 at Syracuse University; A wage below which employers may not legally pay employees for specific kinds of employment; As required by federal law, the minimum hourly wage that employers must pay their employees Adjusted periodically for inflation and other factors, the minimum wage is supposed to provide workers with the income needed to be self-sustaining and to obtain the ordinary requirements of life; the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law; The minimum wage is the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay an employee, according to a law or agreement. the lowest amount of money that an employer can legally pay to a worker. Wage rate established by collective bargaining or by government regulation, specifying the lowest rate at which workers may be employed. A legal minimum wage is one mandated by government for all workers in an economy, with few exceptions. Privately negotiated minimum wages determined by collective bargaining apply to a specific group of workers in the economy, usually in specific trades or industries. The modern minimum wage, combined with compulsory arbitration of labour disputes, first appeared in Australia and New Zealand in the 1890s. In 1909 Britain established trade boards to set minimum wage rates in certain trades and industries. The first minimum wage in the U.S. (which applied only to women) was enacted by Massachusetts in 1912. Minimum wage laws or agreements now exist in most nations; The lowest compensation you are allowed to pay an employee for hourly work It is defined by Federal and state laws State laws may be more restrictive than Federal law, and certainly may differ; The lowest compensation you are allowed to pay an employee for hourly work It is defined by Federal and by state laws State laws may be more restrictive than Federal law, and certainly may differ; The applicable minimum wage shall be the state or federal minimum wage, whichever is the higher; The least amount an employer can pay workers, according to the federal government law known as the Fair Labor Standards Act Some states have http: //www dol gov/dol/esa/public/minwage/america htm">different minimum wage standards; – wage fixed by that law that an employer can pay a worker Also known as statutory minimum wage; An amount set by Congress that is the minimum rate that can be paid to workers who are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act At this writing, it is $5 15 an hour; a wage per hour below which it is illegal to pay workers (chapters 3 and 8)
minimum wages: plural form of minimum wage