United States: Toll-Free 800 Numbers. United States: Toll-Free 800 Numbers. Here is a listing of some Common U.S. Travel Related Business 800 numbers. Toll-Free number range is 800, 866, 877 and 888. These phone calls are free to the person making the call. The owner of the called 800 number pays for the cost of these phone calls.
Minimum wage. A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers must legally pay their workers. Equivalently, it is the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in many jurisdictions, differences of opinion exist about the benefits and drawbacks of a minimum wage.
The minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour for covered nonexempt employees, effective July 24, 2009. Learn more about the minimum wage in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many states and cities also have minimum wage laws. Where federal and state laws have different minimum wage rates, the higher wage applies.