Abogado Aly discusses the laws surrounding the federal minimum wage. These laws take into consideration people under the age of 20, workers with disabilities, full-time students, and tipped employees.

1. Abogado Aly

2. A common question that many US
citizens ask is, “how much is federal
minimum wage?”

3. The Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
says that the federal minimum wage is
$7.25 per hour.

4. This has been in effect since July 24, 2009. In many states, citizens are
entitled to both the state and federal minimum wage laws- meaning
the employee is entitled to the higher minimum wage.That being
said, there are also numerous exceptions apply under certain
circumstances such as to workers with disabilities, full-time students,
youth under the age of 20 and tipped employees.

5. Employees that fall under the “tipped employees” category often
wonder how their minimum wage differs from other employees who
are not tipped. An employer can not pay an employee less than $2.13
an hour in direct wages if that amount plus the tips received equals at
the least the federal minimum wage amount. On the other hand, if an
employee’s tips combined with the direct wages received do not equal
the federal minimum wage by the hour, then the employer has to
make up the difference.

6. For people under the age of 20, there is also a different
minimum wage for them. In the first consecutive 90 days
working for the employer- the minimum wage is $4.25. After
those 90 days are over, the employee is allowed to receive
$7.25 per hours for minimum wage.

7. In addition, there are also exceptions for full-time students.
This applies to students who work in retail or service stores,
agriculture, or college and universities.The employer that
hires the full-time students can receive a certificate from the
Department of Labor that allows the student to be paid not
less than 85% of the minimum wage.

8. In addition, the certificate also limits the number of hours
the student works during the school year to no more than 8
hours a day and 20 hours a week.The certificate also
requires the employee to follow all child labor laws and once
the student graduates, they are allowed to receive $7.25 per
hour.

9. To make sure everyone receives the correct amount of
minimum wage they are allotted, the FLSA states that
minimum wage applies to employees of enterprises that
have an annual gross of at least $500,000.