legal minimum
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For hourly workers, employees and employers could agree to reduce the worker’s base wage to their state’s legal minimum and make up any difference in compensation through extra hours of fake “overtime.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
It is considering whether to introduce a legal minimum age for social media, alongside limits on features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling, and stronger age checks.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Mrs Willgoose said she was glad the killer's minimum term had been raised above the legal minimum, which would have been 15 years.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
In Indonesian law, the legal minimum age for marriage is 19 — but many religious unions escape government scrutiny and involve underage brides.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
For example in Holland collective bargaining results into industry minimum wages that are on average at least 10% higher than the legal minimum wage.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
