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

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

The legal minimum wage for over-21s is to rise 4.1% in April, from £12.21 to £12.71 per hour, with the wage for 18 to 20-year-olds rising from £10 to £10.85.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

The meeting was scheduled with 24 hours advance notice — the legal minimum.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

For example, the Dutch legal minimum wage holds for fulltimers, but does not hold for parttimers.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas