Minimum wage workers in New York, Ohio, Maine, and many other states will see pay increases on January 1.
Here’s a guide to keep Maine’s business owners up-to-date on the state’s minimum wage rules.
September 11, 2024 · For Immediate Release: September 11, 2024 · Maine's Minimum Wage to Increase to $14.65 Per Hour in 2025 · AUGUSTA - Pursuant to Maine law (Maine statute Title 26, chapter 7, section 664), effective January 1, 2025, the state minimum wage will increase from $14.15 to $14.65 per hour, based on data recently made available by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Maine law, amended by citizens referendum in 2016, requires annual adjustments to the min...
Federal ; Minimum wage · $7.25 ; Tipped wage · $2.13 ; Most recent increase · $6.55 to $7.25, effective July 24, 2009 ; Most recent major change to minimum wage law · 2007 ; Upcoming increases · n/a ; Indexing · n/a ; Notes · The Fair Labor Standards Act excludes any business with gross annual revenue less than $500,000 whose employees do not engage in “interstate commerce.” It also contains a variety of smaller occupational exclusions, such as those for telephone switchboard o...
While the new statewide minimum wage is $14.15 an hour, up from $13.80 in 2023, Portland's minimum wage is now $15 an hour, up from $14.
The ballot measure would have given the town one of the highest minimum wages in the country and eliminated the lower wage floor for servers.
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A progressive advocacy group estimates that 147,000 Mainers will see their wages increase next year when the state minimum wage jumps from $12.75 an hour to $13.80.
Thousands of Maine workers are getting a pay raise as the state's minimum wage increases with the new year.
A. The amount of the direct wage to be paid by the employer to the tipped employee; [PL 2017, c. 272, §1 (NEW).] ; B. The amount of tips to be credited as wages toward the minimum wage; [PL 2017, c. 272, §1 (NEW).] ; C. That the amount of tips to be credited as wages may not exceed the value of the tips actually received by the employee; [PL 2017, c. 272, §1 (NEW).]