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The U.S. Department of Labor provides many interlinked pages about
the minimum wage and about its enabling legislation, the Fair Labor Standards Act. The pages here include information
on who is covered and who is not, minimum wages in the states, and an interactive advisor for employees and employers.
Real Value of the Minimum Wage, 1947-2006
From the Economic Policy Institute, a table of 60 years of federal minimum wages with their
values in today's dollars.
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, description and tables on workers
earning the federal minimum wage or less, by region, ethnicity, age, gender, occupation, industry, education, marital status,
and hours worked.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set many of our basic work protections,
including the 40-hour work week and time-and-a-half overtime; for current minimum wage requirements and exceptions,
click on sections 206, 213, and 214. Also, the Department of Labor provides a history of the amendments to the minimum
wage section.
U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty
The Census Bureau's home page on poverty. As the site makes clear,
the database is vast, different methods of measuring income and poverty lead to different results, and the definitions of
poverty-related terms are complex and arguable.
Consumer Price Index
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the official changes in the cost
of living.
Earned Income Tax Credit
The Internal Revenue Service page on the tax credit that is, along
with the minimum wage, an important income support for low-wage workers.
Thomas -- The U.S. Congress on the Internet
The Web service for tracking legislation in the House of Representatives and the Senate, from the Library
of Congress in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson. Entering "minimum wage" will take you to a list of bills considered in
the House and Senate.
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