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• Don't Blame the Minimum Wage

Fast food industry executives had argued that they would be "forced" to lay off workers if New Jersey raised its minimum wage, but the facts proved otherwise. [...] although it is possible that an increase in the minimum wage could lead restaurants to lay off workers, it turns out that this doesn't actually happen in the fast food industry.

• Dollars & Sense
• Nbr. 274, January 2008

• Minimum Wage Raises Questions

States' increases from 2011 to 2012 Arizona: $7.35 to $7.65 Colorado: $7.36 to $7.64 Florida: $7.31 to $7.67 Montana: $7.35 to $7.65 Ohio: $7.35 to $7.65 Oregon: $7.40 to $7.70 Vermont: $8.15 to $8.46 Washington: $8.67 to $9.04 Source: Employment Policies Institute Tri-state rates Iowa: $7.25 Illinois: $8.25 Wisconsin: $7.25 Source: Iowa Workforce Development, Illinois Department of Labor, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development San Francisco will be the first city in the U.S. to raise the minimum wage to higher than $10 per hour.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 03, 2011

• 5 CFR 551.301 - Minimum wage.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 5: Administrative Personnel

• Minimum Wage Was Higher When Electricity Was Cheap

The federal minimum wage rose July 24 for the first time since 1997. This is the longest period between adjustments since the federal minimum wage was enacted in 1938. In 1956, the flashy cartoon spokesman for the nation's electricity generation industry, Reddy Kilowatt, reminded us regularly to consume more electricity because electricity is "penny cheap. Small business owners from across the nation have signed a statement in support of higher minimum wages at Business ForaFairMinimumWage.org which says, "We cannot build a strong 21st century economy on a 1950s1 wage floor. We cannot build a strong 21st century economy when more and more hardworking Americans struggle to make ends meet."

• Call & Post; Cincinnati, Ohio
• August 20, 2009

• Florida minimum wage

• Florida Constitution

• S.F. To Be First U.S. City with $10 Minimum Wage

SAN FRANCISCO - David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America. Come New Year's Day, he'll have a few more coins in his pocket as San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the nation to scale a $10 minimum wage. The city's hourly wage for its lowest- paid workers will hit $10.24, more than $2 above the California minimum wage and nearly $3 more than the working wage set by the federal government.

• Charleston Gazette
• December 13, 2011

• San Francisco Minimum Wage Raises: ; Calif. City Becomes First in Us to Surpass $10

SAN FRANCISCO - David Frias works two minimum-wage jobs to squeak by in one of the most expensive cities in America. Come New Year's Day, he'll have a few more coins in his pocket as San Francisco makes history by becoming the first city in the nation to scale a $10 minimum wage. The city's hourly wage for its lowest- paid workers will hit $10.24, more than $2 above the California minimum wage and nearly $3 more than the working wage set by the federal government.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• December 13, 2011

• Minimum Wage Goes Up Jan. 1 Pay Hike a Boon for Workers and a Burden for Employers

ZACHARY KAUFMAN/The Columbian Though restaurant owners say Washingtons highest-in-the-nation minimum wage squeezes their profits, workers such as KFC employee Kristie Miles generally welcome the Jan. 1 pay hike.

• The Columbian
• January 04, 2012

• Minimum Wage - Does Anyone Care Anymore?

With all the many negatives already on our nation's economic plate, including this additional unfunded government mandate to the media's discussion pile, it only shines a greater negative light on the ones who helped get us in this situation, as well as casting a gloomier picture of where we're headed if common sense and more efficiency and accountability in government don't prevail," said Ron Aldridge, director of the state chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Vermont and Virginia have limited state minimum wage statutes based on number of employees and/or revenues.) History of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 1938 - Fair Labor Standards Act is signed into law, establish...

• Mississippi Business Journal, The
• October 08, 2009

• Hard Rock Cafe Servers and Bartenders Sue for Minimum Wage

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Hard Rock Cafe International (Orlando), Inc. ("Hard Rock") employees, who worked in the Hard Rock Cafe at Universal Studios in Orlando, today filed a class action lawsuit against Hard Rock for the company's alleged failure to pay minimum wages that were required under Florida law. The Orlando Hard Rock Cafe is the largest Hard Rock Cafe in the world. The case was brought under the minimum wage provisions of Florida's Constitution, which was passed by citizen's initiative and became effective as of May 2, 2005. The putative class action was filed in Circuit Court in Orange County, Florida. The complaint alleges that Hard Rock's servers and bartenders were paid less than minimum wage during the period January 14, 2006 until approximately Ju...

• U.S. Newswire
• January 18, 2011