The MOL has previously said it drafted a
minimum wage law in late May which is currently being reviewed by the Executive Yuan.
"The new
minimum wage law is forcing local leaders to make impossible choices," Corrado said.
It is not a broad based change in Arizona's
minimum wage law. It furthers the purpose' of what voters intended by specifying a group that should be exempt," league officials stated.
The new state
minimum wage laws could affect about 5.3 million workers who are currently earning less than the new standards, according to the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute, based in Washington, D.C.
Two years ago, Germany introduced
minimum wage laws, but the measure did not lead to joblessness as feared.
However, it is unclear whether this case was decided under the Wage Act or the Fair
Minimum Wage Law. Under either statute, the court must award treble damages and attorney's fees upon finding a violation.
"To Roque, President Rodrigo Duterte, and the rest of the government, we assert that a National
Minimum Wage law is not impossible.
William Conklin, country manager of NGO Solidarity Center, believes the draft
minimum wage law had been debated in the past, adding that some aspects of the law had been removed.
Ron Nate, R-Rexburg an economist in his day job would exempt immediate family members who work at a family business from the
minimum wage law, which requires that businesses pay workers at least $7.25 an hour.
In the absence of a national
minimum wage law, the regression of our tax system is nothing short of a death sentence,' KMU-EV Spokesman Paul Escalona said.