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Arizona Employers Must Comply with State Minimum Wage Law
The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which is administered and enforced by
the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Standards
Administration's Wage and Hour Division.
Many states, including Arizona, also have their own minimum wage
laws. In cases where an employee is subject to both the state and
federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the higher
of the two minimum wages. The federal law has incremental increases
planned for July 24, 2008 ($6.55) and for the same date in 2009
($7.25), while the Arizona state law sets forth that the minimum
wage will be increased again on January 1, 2008, and increased
annually every successive January 1st by the increase in the cost
of living. Based on this formula, it is likely the Arizona minimum
wage will continue to be higher than the national minimum wage.
Keep in mind, whichever rate is higher, is the one an employer must
comply with.
For more information on this and other federal employments laws,
visit www.dol.gov and for more information on the
Arizona state minimum wage law, which includes printer friendly
compliance posters, please go to www.ica.state.az.us
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Jaburg & Wilk Foundation Awards Sharing
the Prize Seed Grant
The Jaburg & Wilk Foundation and Jaburg Wilk are
pleased to announce the first recipients of the $25,000 Sharing the
Prize Seed grant - Community Food Connections and
Arizona Home Grown Solutions.
The grant will be used to teach food sustainability as well as
to grow healthy nutritious food. In a well thought out
collaboration, the grant recipients represent the meaning and the
spirit of Sharing the Prize Seed grant. Literally, they will
be planting seeds that will feed Valley residents by furthering
education and availability of healthy food.
It will also grow the Farm to School program, which assists
local farmers with markets, including schools and Phoenix Public
Market which builds capacity for small local farmers &
micro-business.
For information about the grant and the 2010 grant
recipients visit the Sharing the Prize Seed Grant
Website.
Contact Brenda Edwards at 602.248.1000 or info@jaburgwilk.com,
if you are interested in learning more about the Jaburg &
Wilk Foundation