最低賃金の改定

　最低賃金の改定
連邦の最低賃金は３回改定されるが、２回目が今年の７月２４日となり、多くの州で雇用主に何らかの影響があるという。
７月２４日からは現行の$5.85が$6.55となり、２００９年の７月２４日から$7.25となる。

多くの州が連邦のものとは異なる、独自の最低賃金を設定しているが、雇用主は連邦と州の条例を遵守する必要があり、従業員に有利な条例を提供しなければならない。

下記は７月２４日より連邦の最低賃金$6.55に改定される州。
●Alabama
●Arkansas (state law is not tied to federal law, so employers　covered by
state, but not federal law, will not be required to pay federal minimum wage.)
●Georgia
●Idaho
●Indiana
●Kansas
●Louisiana
●Maryland
●Minnesota
●Mississippi
●Montana
●Nebraska
●New Hampshire
●New Mexico
●North Carolina
●North Dakota
●Oklahoma
●South Carolina
●South Dakota
●Tennessee
●Texas
●Utah
●Virginia
●Wisconsin (state law is not tied to federal law, so employers　covered by
state, but not federal law, will not be required to pay federal minimum wage.)
●Wyoming (state law is not tied to federal law, so employers　covered by
state, but not federal law, will not be required to pay federal minimum wage.)

District of Columbiaの最低賃金は現行が$7.00で、$7.00を超えた場合には
自動的に連邦の賃金プラス$1.00となる。したがい今回の改訂で$7.55とな
る。 　　　　
Nevadaは雇用主が医療保険を提供しているか否かで最低賃金に格差があり、
提供している場合は$5.85、していない場合は$6.55となっている。今回の連
邦の改定で同州は、提供しない場合の最低賃金を$6.85に引き上げる。

下記は今回の連邦の改訂には影響を受けない州。
●Alaska (the state minimum wage is $7.15)
●Arizona (state minimum wage is $6.90 and is indexed to inflation)
●California (state minimum wage is $8.00)
●Colorado (state minimum wage us $7.02 and is indexed to inflation)
●Connecticut (state minimum wage is $7.65)
●Delaware (state minimum wage is $7.15)
●Florida (state minimum wage is $6.79 and is indexed to inflation)
●Hawaii (state minimum wage is $7.25)
●Illinois (state minimum wage will increase from $7.50 to $7.75 on July 1)
●Iowa (state minimum wage is $7.25)
●Kentucky (state minimum wage will increase from $5.85 to $6.55 on July 1)
●Maine (state minimum wage is $7.00)
●Massachusetts (state minimum wage is $8.00)
●Michigan (state minimum wage will increase from $7.15 to $7.40 on July 1)
●Missouri (the state minimum wage is $6.65 and is indexed to inflation)
●New Jersey (the state minimum wage is $7.15 )
●New York (state minimum wage is $7.15)
●Ohio (the state minimum wage is $7.00 and is indexed to inflation)
●Oregon (the state minimum wage is $7.95 and is indexed to inflation)
●Pennsylvania (the state minimum wage is $7.15)
●Rhode Island (the state minimum wage is $7.40)
●Vermont (the state minimum wage is $7.68 and is indexed to inflation)
●Washington (the state minimum wage is $8.07 and is indexed to inflation)
●West Virginia (the state minimum wage will increase from $6.55 to
$7.25 on July 1. Note: Many employers in West Virginia are exempt
from the state law and can pay the lower federal minimum wage)

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