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Old 12-29-10, 07:09 PM   #11
Platapus
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I thought that the federal minimum wage would only apply to government employees, isn't this so? The article is quite unclear about this.

There are Federal and State minimum wage laws in most states (5 states do not have a state minimum wage law)

"Where Federal and state law have different minimum wage rates, the higher standard applies."

http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm
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