legal minimum

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It is considering whether to introduce a legal minimum age for social media, alongside limits on features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling, and stronger age checks.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

In the interim, the state and local governments must act decisively to enforce the existing wage floor, ensuring employers cannot use expanded housing deductions to push workers’ pay below the legal minimum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Mrs Willgoose said she was glad the killer's minimum term had been raised above the legal minimum, which would have been 15 years.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

MPs themselves were entitled to a loss of office payment, set at twice the legal minimum, if they lost their seat and had been an MP for at least two years.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

After considering cost-of-living increases in recent years, it is little more than a 10-cent increase over the present legal minimum.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.