legal minimum
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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
He cited a rise to the legal minimum wage, announced at October's Budget, as an example of how ministers were boosting living standards.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024
In Indonesian law, the legal minimum age for marriage is 19 — but many religious unions escape government scrutiny and involve underage brides.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
The meeting was scheduled with 24 hours advance notice — the legal minimum.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024
Among minor differences between the two houses ordained by the constitution was the legal minimum age of their members, that of senators being forty and of deputies twenty-five.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
