GAO-10-333 American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Wages, Employment, Employer Actions, Earnings, and Worker Views Since Minimum Wage Increases Began
GAO United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees AMERICAN SAMOA AND COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Wages, Employment, Employer Actions, Earnings, and Worker Views Since Minimum Wage Increases Began April 2010 GAO-10-333 What GAO Found United States Government Accountability Office Why GAO Did This Study Highlights Accountability Integrity Reliability April 2010 AMERICAN SAMOA AND COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Wages, Employment, Employer Actions, Earnings, and Worker Views Since Minimum Wage Increases Began Highlights of GAO-10-333, a report to congressional committees In 2007, the United States enacted a law incrementally raising the minimum wages in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The law applied the first $.50 per hour increase in July 2007 and mandated additional increases in each subsequent year until the minimum wages reach the level of the U.S. minimum wage—currently $7.25 per hour. American Samoa’s lowest paid will reach that wage in 2016, and the CNMI in 2015. …
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