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On July 24, 2009 when the federal minimum wage increases, the Montana minimum wage will go up, as well.

The Montana minimum wage will increase from $6.90 to $7.25 per hour. Under state statute, the Montana minimum wage cannot be lower than the federal minimum wage.

When the federal minimum wage changes and/or when a state’s minimum wage changes, employers must display updated labor law posters for all employees. Updated posters are available now at www.laborlawcenter.com.

This is the second minimum wage increase in a year – in the middle of a recession – for beleaguered Montana employers. On January 1, 2009 the state minimum wage increased by 35 cents from $6.55 to $6.90 per hour. Now, less than 8 months later, it is slated to increase again.

Both the January and July Montana minimum wage increases were (more…)

The Montana minimum wage increased by 35 cents on January 1, 2009, from $6.55 to $6.90 an hour. The effective minimum wage for most Montana employees will increase again on July 24, 2009 when the federal minimum wage goes to $7.25 per hour.

More than 70% of Montana voters backed a hike in the minimum wage, supporting Initiative 151 in 2006. That initiative essentially accounts for the increase in the wage that became effective on January 1, 2009. Each year by September 30, the annual Montana minimum wage increase is announced, based on the CPI for the previous 12 months.

The Montana Department of Labor & Industry is the agency that tracked the outcome of Initiative 151.

On July 24, 2009, workers in Montana will again receive a minimum wage hike, when the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour kicks in. A worker who is covered by both a state and a federal minimum wage must receive the larger benefit. In Montana, (more…)