Examining time and attendance legislation in Minnesota
Nearly 100,000 of Minnesota's 1.5 million hourly wage earners took home $7.25 or less for each hour of employee attendance, according to Minneapolis-based nonprofit news site MinnPost. The website points out that at the current minimum wage rate, a couple with two children would have to work 155 hours a week in order to afford basic needs.
A Department of Labor report released in October of last year offered insight into the makeup of the state's hourly wage workforce in 2010. Those without a high school degree made up nearly one-third of workers earning minimum wage or less. Approximately two-thirds were female and a similar percentage were 24 years old or younger. They were also more likely to be single and live below the poverty line. A total of 43 percent worked in restaurants or other dining establishments.
Minnesota is one of several states in which some workers don't earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, along with Wyoming, Arkansas and Georgia, as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
A Department of Labor report released in October of last year offered insight into the makeup of the state's hourly wage workforce in 2010. Those without a high school degree made up nearly one-third of workers earning minimum wage or less. Approximately two-thirds were female and a similar percentage were 24 years old or younger. They were also more likely to be single and live below the poverty line. A total of 43 percent worked in restaurants or other dining establishments.
Minnesota is one of several states in which some workers don't earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, along with Wyoming, Arkansas and Georgia, as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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