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are equal to or exceed the basic minimum wage ($10.00

in 2016 and $11.00 in 2017).

There is also a separate minimum wage ($8.00 per

hour) for agricultural work (defined as “work on a farm

and the growing and harvesting of agricultural,

floricultural and horticultural commodities”).

B. Overtime Laws

Any employee who is not exempt from overtime

laws (state and federal) must be paid at one and a half

times their regular rate for any hours worked in a single

week over 40. Penalties for getting this wrong can be

significant: two or three times the amount actually owed

to the employee, plus payment of the employee’s legal

fees and costs if he or she wins a claim for unpaid

overtime.

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