of or relating to a minimum wage.
minimum-wage demands.
paid or earning a minimum wage.
a minimum-wage worker.
paying a minimum wage.
a minimum-wage job.
First recorded in 1855–60
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Enrollees are paid the highest of the state, federal or local minimum wage and work an average of 20 hours per week.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Ramaphosa explained how unscrupulous employers pay undocumented migrants well below the minimum wage and "merely" pay a fine if caught.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
L.A.’s minimum wage for hotel workers had been $20.32 an hour, so the new wage mandate amounted to a 38% increase over three years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
When business leaders were frustrated over the passage of a $30-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, Bass brokered a meeting with them and Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, he said in December.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Among its provisions are establishing a forty-hour work week and a national minimum wage as well as prohibiting oppressive child labor and most employment of minors.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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