What is the federal minimum wage?
• What is the federal minimum wage for full-time students and for student learners? • What is the federal minimum wage for workers younger than 20 years old in the first 90 days of employment? • What is the federal minimum wage for workers with disabilities? • What size businesses are covered by the law? • Which employees can be paid less than the minimum wage? • What is the penalty for an employer if he/she is found in violation of the law? 2. Go to the States’ Guide and find your state. • What is the minimum wage in your state? Find one state that has a higher minimum wage and one that has a lower minimum wage than the federal standard. What are they? If there is a conflict between federal and state law, which wage applies? 3. Go to History of the Minimum Wage. • When was the current $500,000 annual earnings basis established? • When was the current minimum wage established? • Go to the minimum wage chart and find what the minimum wage was the year you were born. What was it the year
