legal minimum

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For hourly workers, employees and employers could agree to reduce the worker’s base wage to their state’s legal minimum and make up any difference in compensation through extra hours of fake “overtime.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The Living Wage Foundation said wage was worth £2,262 more per year in the UK than the legal minimum pay, and £4,700 more in London.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 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

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

It enables wages boards to establish a legal minimum wage in scheduled industries which will undoubtedly grow in number.

From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)