What is the legal minimum wage a company is required to pay remote workers?
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What is the legal minimum wage a company is required to pay remote workers?
I work in recruiting for a company with about 700 remote workers. During a training period, employees are paid at minimum wage for 10 hours of training. I’m wondering what rate we are legally required to pay them. In some states, for example, the minimum wage is 10. But in certain cities in that state, the minimum wage is higher.
Asked on February 19, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If the employee is long-term or permanently deployed in state A, you have to pay him or her state A's minimum wage, even if the company is otherwise based in state B. If the employee is normally deployed in state B but is just temporarily sent to state A, such as for training program, then the employee would be paid state B's minimum.
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