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

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

While many employers have more generous sick pay schemes, around one in four workers have to rely on the legal minimum.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 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

Regard the legal minimum wage and note that people are not allowed to work below that minimum.

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