This is the reminder for Georgia business owners and employees that tomorrow, July 24, the new federal minimum wage goes into effect. The new minimum wage is $5.85 per hour.
This new rate applies to employees of (a) companies that do over $500,000 in business a year, (b) companies that are engaged in interstate commerece, (c) companies that produce goods for commerce (including transportation, communications, or those that regularly use the mails or telephones for interstate communications), (d) federal, state, or local goverment agencies, hospitals, and schools, and (e) generally domestic workers.
The new rate does not apply to (a) farmworkers on small farms, (b) certain seasonal and recreational establishments, (c) executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees, (d) casual babysitters, (e) companions for the lderly, (f) workers with disabilities, (g) federal criminal investigators, (h) fishermen, (i) newspaper deliverers, (j) newspaper employees of limited circulation newspapers, or (k) switchboard operators.
The new minimum wage poster is available at the Federal Department of Labor website.
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I'm so excited that minimum wage has finally gone up i can finally stop having to worry about what bills to set aside and what bills need to be paid now maybe i can afford to do something that i might enjoy besides just work all the time!!!!
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