PA Labor Laws

September 18th, 2006 Posted by Jared

The PA labor laws were quite easy to find online. They are much like the other states’ labor laws, as they have the minimum wage law, overtime law, child labor laws and many others.

Many PA labor laws need to be displayed in a conspicuous place in the work place. Those laws that are required to be posted have been put on publications known as the Pennsylvania labor law posters. Employers often hang these posters where employees tend to gather, or at least visit once or twice a day. On walls around the time clock and on bulletin boards in the break room are common places to find these postings.

The first labor law I found for the state of Pennsylvania is the minimum wage. Currently, the minimum wage in this state is $5.15 per hour. Tipped employees are allowed to receive $2.83 per hour.

PA labor laws have outlined what an employee will get as overtime pay, as well. Whenever an employee works hours over the regular 40 of a full time week, that employee shall get one and one half times the pay rate normally given for all hours worked over 40. There are workers who are exempt from both the minimum wage and the overtime pay laws.

The child labor laws are some of the most detailed of the PA labor laws. The determine the minimum age a minor can work, what jobs a minor can fill, and how many hours a day and week plus which hours during the day a minor can work. Minors are restricted from holding jobs that are considered to be “hazardous”.

I hope you have found this blog about the PA labor laws helpful in some way. I will try to keep you updated on any changes with the PA labor laws. If you want a total overview of the state and federal labor laws in the state of Pennsylvania, look for the Pennsylvania Complete Labor Law Poster.

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  1. Posted by: M C

    PA minimum was is not $5.15, it was raised to $7.25 on July 24, 2009, with under age 20 training minimum wages at $6.65 on July 24, 200_8_. Update your blog.

  2. Posted by: Amelia

    Hi MC! You are right! The entry you are looking at is from September 2006. It was correct at the time it was written. We have updated the blog many times since then, including more recent information on the Pennsylvania minimum wage. Our most recent update on the Pennsylvania minimum wage was on July 29, 2009 when we noted that the rate was $7.25. HTH, and thanks for reading!~ Amelia

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