The legacy of a man they say, live long after him. It was in 1997, that President Bill Clinton introduced the legislation that made allowance for states to set their own separate minimum wage rate across all the states in America, through state labor law posters, whereby some states even have a minimum wage rate that is higher than the federal minimum wage.
The disparities in minimum wage/living wage rate is not only limited to those between different states but also some differences between a state and some cities and counties within the state, as well as differences as to different cities and counties in the same state.
The state of Washington with the highest minimum wage rate set it minimum wage at $8.67 through the Washington state minimum wage labor law poster, while the prevailing wage rate in the State of California is $8.0 according to the California labor law poster on minimum wage. These two states minimum wage rates are higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour that is reflected in the federal minimum wage labor law poster. There are some states minimum wage rates set below the $7.25 federal minimum wage rate, these include the states of Minnesota with $6.15, Wyoming and Georgia at $5.15, and Arkansas with $6.25.
Disparities such as that in the State of New York, involving the counties of Syracuse, Nassau, and Suffolk, with living wages that are totally different from one another, and different and above the state’s minimum wage. So also is the minimum wage of New York City. The State of Vermont also have a minimum wage rate that is different from and below that of one of it counties, namely Burlington, as available in the Burlington Living Wage labor law poster. So also is the city of San Francisco which set it living wage at $8.50, according to the City of San Francisco living wage labor law poster, which is higher than the State of California minimum wage of $8.0. The good thing for employees is that where there are disparities in the minimum wage rate of the national, state, city, and a county minimum/living wage rates, the one with the highest benefit is applicable.
Some may see the disparities attributable to the Clinton administration as a divisive tendency that depict a negative legacy of President Clinton, but many Americans count this as a most noble legacy from a man that the ‘Lewinskygate’ scandal has overshadow majority of his positive impact on the American life.
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