From Medieval to Modern: The Journey of Minimum Wage

During the mid-1300s, the English monarchy wrestled with an unprecedented talent shortage caused by the bubonic plague. To keep the most in-demand workers from earning what he deemed too much, King Edward III issued the Ordinance of Labourers 1349 — England’s first labor law according to many scholars — … See more

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What is the federal minimum wage?

The federal minimum wage, introduced in 1938 during the Great Depression under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was initially set at $0.25 per hour. The federal minimum wage has been increased by Congress 22 times, most recently in 2009 from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour. ...

Where did minimum wages come from?

The discussion of the minimum wages begins as far back as the 19th century, where classical theorists such as John Bates Clark considered the impact on employment legal minimum wages might have. ...

How many times has the federal minimum wage been raised?

Since the first federal minimum wage was set in 1938, it has been raised more than 22 times. The history of the federal minimum wage is one of political struggle and labor conflict, and it actually begins in Europe, at least a century before the law was passed in the United States. Here are some of highlights. ...

When did the federal minimum wage rise?

2009: Thanks to legislation passed two years earlier, the federal minimum wage rises to $7.25. 2021: A bid to advance an increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 is rejected by the Senate. 2022: Federal agencies raise the minimum wage to $15 for workers in accordance with an executive order by President Joe Biden. ...

When was the first minimum wage enacted?

1912: The state of Massachusetts enacts the first law in the United States requiring a minimum wage. Other states soon follow. 1923: In a case called Adkins v. Children's Hospital of D. C., the U.S. Supreme Court rules that imposing a minimum wage violates employers’ and workers’ liberty of contract right under the Fifth Amendment. ...

Who wrote'minimum wages and employment'?

Dickens, Richard; Machin, Stephen; and Manning, Alan. ‘‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Theoretical Framework with an Applica-tion to the Wages Councils.’’ In ‘‘Low Pay and Minimum Wages.’’ edited by Stephen Bazen and Gilbert Benhayoun. International Journal of Manpower, 15, special issue (1994): 26–48. ...