Georgia ‘s minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, however, with some limited exceptions, the federal minimum wage rate applies. Effective July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage increased to $7.25 per hour.

Georgia Department of Labor
150 Evelyn C. Neely Drive
Athens, GA 30601
(706) 583-2550

Georgia Department of Labor
150 Evelyn C. Neely Drive
Athens, GA 30601
(706) 583-2550

Georgia Department of Labor
5520 White Bluff Road
Savannah, GA 31405-6908
(912) 356-2773

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The Massachusetts minimum wage for most employees is $8.00 per hour.

The Massachusetts minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.63 per hour.  Tipped employees must receive at least minimum wage when tips and wages are combined.

Q) Are employees entitled to extra pay for weekend, holiday, or night work?
The Minimum Fair Wage Law does not require extra pay for weekend, holiday, or night work; however, the Massachusetts Blue Laws, require some retailers to pay premium pay for Sundays and certain holidays. For more information about these laws, go to Massachusetts’ Blue Laws.

Q) Are employees entitled to sick pay, vacation pay, or severance pay?
The Minimum Fair Wage Law does not require employers to compensate for sick or vacation time when an employee is not at work, or offer severance pay upon termination.

Q) When is overtime compensation due?
Most employees must be paid one and one-half times their regular hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a given work week. State law does not require overtime after eight hours in a day.

Massachusetts Department of Labor
1 Ashburton Place
Room 2112
Boston, MA 02108
Tel: 617-626-7100

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The Virginia minimum wage law tracks the federal minimum wage in terms of both amount and schedule.  The Virginia minimum wage will increase to $7.25 from $6.55 effectively on July 24, 2009.

Virginia Tipped Minimum wage is $2.13 per hour with minimum of $7.25 per hour (salary + cash tips).

Q) How does an employer have to pay employees?
Employers must establish regular paydays and rates of pay for each employee, and it is a violation of law not to pay all wages due on the established payday. Hourly employees must be paid at least once every two weeks or twice a month; and salaried employees must be paid at least once each month. These requirements do not apply to executive personnel.

Q) When an employee terminates, when are his final wages due?
Final wages must be paid on or before the next regular payday on which the employee would have been paid had he remained employed.

Q) Can an employer reduce an employee’s rate of pay?
Yes; an employer can reduce an employee’s rate of pay provided the reduction does not bring an employee’s wage below the applicable federal or state minimum wage. Also, an employer must notify the affected employee prior to his being allowed or required to perform work at the reduced rate; the employee has the right to accept the lower rate or quit.

Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
Headquarters Address: 13 South Thirteenth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219-4101
Telephone Number – Office: 804.371.2327 TDD: Fax: 804.786.2376
Our Hours are from 8:15 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday – Friday

http://www.doli.virginia.gov/

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The minimum wage in North Carolina is $7.25 an hour effective as of July 24, 2009. Employers doing business in North Carolina are required to pay at least $7.25 per hour to all employees (agricultural and domestic employees are subject to the federal minimum wage). The $7.25 per hour state minimum wage also applies to the state of North Carolina, to county and local governments and to instrumentalities of government.

The minimum wage for North Carolina Tipped employee is $2.13 per hour with $7.25 minimum wage combined cash salary and tip allowance.

N.C. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Bureau
1101 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1101
(919) 807-2796 or (toll-free NC only) 1-800-NC-LABOR
Web site: http://www.nclabor.com

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Beginning July 1, 2008, Michigan minmum wage is $7.40 per hour.

Michigan Tipped employees may be paid $2.65 per hour provided they receive and report tips that when combined with their hourly rate equals or exceeds the minimum hourly wage rate .

A training wage of $4.25 per hour may be paid to employees 16-19 years of age for the first 90 days of their employment.

Michigan Minors under 18 years of age may be paid 85% of the minimum hourly wage rate effective October 1, 2006. The minimum wage for minor is $7.25 per hour starting from July 24, 2009.

Q) Can an employer withhold wages for disciplinary action?
No, an employer can not withhold wages for disciplinary action. All earned wages are required to be paid on the scheduled pay date. Note: employers are required to deduct certain deductions as required by law or permitted through a collective bargaining agreement. Deductions, other than those required by law or collective bargaining agreement, require the employees signed written consent for the deduction.

Q) Is there a law that I get paid double time or triple time when I work a holiday?
No, employers are not required to pay double time or triple time for holidays. If an employer has a written contract or policy that employees will be paid double time or triple time for holidays, then the employer is obligated to pay employees as required by the written contract or policy.

WAGE & HOUR DIVISION
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & ECONOMIC GROWTH
P.O. BOX 30476
LANSING, MI 48909-7976

LANSING – MAIN OFFICE
Hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WAGE & HOUR DIVISION
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR & ECONOMIC GROWTH
6546 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
P.O. BOX 30476
LANSING, MI 48909-7976
Tel: 517.335.0400
Fax: 517.335.0077
WHINFO@MICHIGAN.GOV

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The New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law establishes a minimum wage rate and overtime rate for all workers in New Jersey that are covered by the Act.

The New Jersey State Wage and Hour Law requires the payment of time and one half per hour for actual hours worked in excess of 40 hours, with certain exemptions.

NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Division of Wage and Hour Compliance
P.O. Box 389
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0389

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Effectively January 1, 2009 Ohio’s minimum wage will increase to $7.30 per hour.  For tipped employees, the minium wage is $3.65 per hour.

Ohio Department of Commerce
Division of Labor and Worker Safety
Wage and Hour Bureau
6606 Tussing Rd.
PO Box 4009
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009

Phone: (614) 644-2450
Fax: (614) 728-8639

Website: http://www.com.ohio.gov/laws/

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Effective as of July 24, 2009, Texas Minimum Wage is $7.25.   Texas adopts the federal minimum wage rate by reference, thus any changes affecting the federal minimum wage will automatically affect the Texas minimum wage for all intended purposes.

The Dallas/Fort Worth Tax Region has offices in the following locations:
Dallas Grand Prairie Office @ 2102 W. Main Street, Grand Prairie, TX 75050-5068
Phone No: (972) 641-6526 Fax No: (972) 660-3166
Fort Worth Office @ 301 W. 13th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-4699
Phone No: (817) 336-3727 Fax No: (817) 336-8403
Denton Office @ 400 W. Oak Street, Suite 203, Denton, TX 76201
Phone No: (940) 387-4532 Fax No: (940) 387-4709

The East Central Region has offices in the following locations:
Austin Office @ 101 E 15th Room 330, Austin, TX 78701
Phone No: 512-463-3642 Fax No: (512) 463-4046
College Station Office @ 111 University Dr. East #211, College Station, TX 77840-1261
Phone No: (979) 260-1106 Fax No: (979) 260-1118

Website: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/

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Florida’s minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, effective July 24, 2009. This is up from the $7.21 per hour minimum wage that was effective January 1, 2009.

The Florida and federal minimum wage will increase as follows:

• $7.25 – July 24, 2009 Federal and Florida New Minimum Wage
• $7.21 – January 1, 2009  Florida New Minimum Wage
• $6.79 – January 1, 2008  Florida Current Minimum Wage

Agency for Workforce Innovation
107 East Madison Street
Caldwell Building
Tallahassee, Florida  32399-4120

(P) 850.245.7105
(F) 850.921.3223

Unemployment Compensation Claims and Benefits (P) 800.204.2418

Website:  http://www.floridajobs.org/workforce/index.html

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On July 24, 2009 the Pennsylvania minimum wage increased by 10 cents, from $7.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.

Many employers wonder why all the fuss about such a small amount of money. However, under state law the Pennsylvania minimum wage cannot be less than the federal minimum wage. When the federal rate increases by 70 cents from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour later this month, by statute, the Pennsylvania minimum wage must increase, as well.

Download PA Minimum Wage Law Poster 2009

PA Workers’ Compensation
1171 S. Cameron Street, Room 324
Harrisburg, PA 17104-2501
Phone – 717-772-1917
Safety Committee Certification – 717-772-1635
Safety Program Audit – 717-772-1636
FAX – 717-772-1639
E-mail – ra-li-bwc-safety@state.pa.us

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