Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Minimum Wages Up

U.S. ups minimum wage, but Florida's is still 82 cents higher
By Marcia Heroux Pounds

The federal minimum hourly wage bumped up Tuesday for the first time in a decade, but for many Florida employers the new law doesn't mean much.

Florida's minimum wage is $6.67 an hour compared with the new national minimum wage of $5.85 an hour, a 70-cent raise. It's possible the U.S. minimum wage could move higher than Florida's in 2008 or 2009.

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