How long can my employer pay me the training wage?
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How long can my employer pay me the training wage?
I live in Minnesota and I am 27 years old. I recently started a job and was told I would be paid $12 and hour$ but I would be paid 7.75 during training. They never specified how long training would be, and it’s been over 2 weeks. Legally, how long can my employer pay me under the state minimum wage for
Asked on September 25, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Minnesota
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Actually, if this is a "small employer" (gross yearly revenue of $500,000 or less) your state's minimum wage is still $7.75 until Jan. 1, 2018, so they can keep paying your that amount at least through the end of the year. It goes to $7.87 with the new year, including the training wage, for small employers. There is no difference between the training wage and regular minimum for small employers in your state.
If your employer is a "large" employer (more than $500,000 in gross annual revenue), they can pay you a $7.75 training wage for up to 90 days in 2017; then they have to pay you $9.50/hour, which is regular minimum wage for large empoyers. (That is, you can be kept on training wage for 90 days.) In 2018, regular minimum for large employers goes to $9.65, so if you have worked at least 90 days by then, you'll have to be paid $9.65/hour.
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