Minnesota Minimum Wage Increases in August

The "small-employers" rate is $4.90 an hour, and will increase to $5.25 an hour.

The "large-employers" rate will be $6.15 an hour, compared with $5.15 an hour now. The large-employer definition will change to "any enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is not less than $625,000."

The "training-wage" rate will be $4.90 an hour, and the rate now is $4.25 an hour.

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Minimum wage raise becomes the law

A bill to increase the minimum wage in Hawaii by one dollar per hour became law on Tuesday without Governor Lingle's signature.

The minimum wage per hour will increase from $6.25 to $6.75 on Jan. 1,2006, and to $7.25 to Jan. 1, 2007.

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Employment Law in the United States

Employment law in the U.S. is largely goverened by the common law rule of "at will employment", that is, that an employment relationship can be terminated by either party at any time for any reason, including a good reason, a bad reason or no reason at all.

Exceptions to this rule can be found in various federal employment law statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and amendments), Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave Act 0f 1993, and numerous state laws with additional protections. The Fair Labor Standards Act regulates minimum wages and overtime pay for certain employees who work more than 40 hours in a work week.

There is no special employment tribunal in the U.S. Employment law cases are heard in state or federal courts, depending upon the issue, the size of the employer (the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for example, applies only to employers with 15 or more employees), and the litigation strategy of the plaintiff.

Contract drivers sue FedEx

FedEx Delivery drivers in Tennessee argue in a U.S. federal lawsuit that the company so tightly controls their work.
They claim that should be employees rather than independent contractors.The lawsuit accuses the company of denying them overtime pay, health insurance, workers' compensation coverage and other benefits provided for company employees.
Shares of FedEx Corp. fell 42 cents to close at $82.58 US on the New York Stock Exchange.