Who is excluded from minimum wage?

Various minimum wage exceptions apply under specific circumstances to workers with disabilities, full-time students, youth under age 20 in their first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment, tipped employees and student-learners.

Do minimum wage laws affect those who are not covered?

The primary findings are that minimum wages have positive impacts on the wages of hourly workers who are covered directly by the legislation but do not have notable impacts statistically on the subsample of piece rate workers who are not all covered under minimum wage laws.

Can employers pay below minimum wage?

It is illegal for California employers to pay employees less than the minimum wage. If your employer violates minimum wage laws, you can recover the money you are owed by way of a labor board complaint a wage and hour lawsuit.

How will minimum wage affect agriculture?

Minimum wage legislation affects the agricultural sector of the economy differently than other sectors. We show that an increase in the federal minimum wage lowers the wage of some agricultural worker and causes nonagricultural workers to move to agriculture.

Who among the following are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Officially, domestic workers—housekeepers, child care workers, chauffeurs, gardeners—are covered by the FLSA if they are paid at least $1,000 in wages from a single employer in a year, or if they work eight hours or more in a week for one or several employers.

Who has to follow FLSA?

Generally, the FLSA applies to employees of enterprises that have an annual gross volume of sales made or business done totaling $500,000 or more, and to employees individually covered by the law because they are engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.

Can farmers pay less than minimum wage?

Agricultural employees can’t be paid less than the federal minimum wage, unless they’re exempt from minimum wage as noted below. This is true whether the employer pays by the hour or by a piece rate. Farm workers must be provided a written statement of earnings and all deductions from pay.