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Michael Yang Show, City Mpls, with Guled Ibrahim.
What you need to know about the City’s minimum wage, which changed for many on July 1, 2023.
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Hi
Michael,
thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
on
your
show.
Today.
My
name
is,
as
you
mentioned,
my
name
is
goulette
Ibrahim
I
work
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis
civil
rights
Department.
We
do
we
do
the
among
others
work.
We
do
the
minimum
wage
work
in
enforcement
and
so
I'm
happy
to
be
on
the
show
today
to
speak
about
the
current
minimum
wage
in
the
the
the
new
different
minimum
wage.
B
That's
starting
this
July,
so
the
City
of
Minneapolis
has
had
a
minimum
wage
since
2018
it
has
been
increasing
each
year
and
so
the
current
minimum
wage
for
for
both
employers,
large
and
small,
is
based
on
employers
size.
And
so,
if
you
have
a
100
or
less
employees,
your
minimum
wage
is
different
than
if
you
have
a
hundred
or
more
employees
right.
So
if
you
have
a
hundred
or
more
employees,
the
current
minimum
wage
is
15.
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A
B
Absolutely
thank
you
Michael
for
that
question.
That
actually
is
one
of
the
most
popular
questions
we
get
often
is
because,
even
though
this,
if
say,
you
are
not
out
of
outside
the
state,
if
you
were
trying
to
Google
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
all
the
suburbs
will
come
up
in
the
Google
search
as
one
right,
but
in
terms
of
who
does
the
minimum
wage
cover.
B
It
actually
covers
any
employee
employee
who
performs
work
within
the
city
limits
of
Minneapolis
right
so
that
the
city
limits
Minneapolis
a
lot
smaller
right.
It's
it
doesn't
include
the
city
of
Bloomington
suburbs
doesn't
include,
it
does
not
include
the
city
of
Saint
Paul,
you
know,
or
even
in
so.
If
you
are
an
employee
and
your
employer
is
based
in
within
the
city
limits
right.
So
you,
your
employer,
cannot
be
based
in
Edina
right
and
you
live
in
Minneapolis.
And
then
you
go,
you
drive
and
you
go
to
Edina.
B
You
perform
the
work.
The
minutes,
the
Minneapolis
minimum
wage
does
not
cover
you.
What
it
does,
however,
is
you
can
live
in
Edina
and
you
can
drive
to
City
Minneapolis
and
if
the
work
you're
performing
is
within
the
city,
limits
of
Minneapolis
basically
means
the
business
has
to
be
located
in
Minneapolis
and
you
perform
the
work
in
Minneapolis,
then
you're
covered
by
the
Minneapolis
minimum
wage.
So
it's
it's
basically
tied
to
the
geographical
location
right.
So
it's
a
lot
more.
B
It
basically
follows
where
the
physical
work
is
performed
right
and
so
and
then
it
basically
covers
all
the
work
the
hours
you
perform.
So
sometimes
you
may
be
working
for
an
employer
where
you
work
half
of
the
you
know
your
work
days
in
Minneapolis,
you
may
be
traveling
and
your
other
half
of
work
is
physically
located
outside
the
Minneapolis.
Then
you
can
have
two
different
but
the.
But
if
your
primary
work
location
is
in
Minneapolis
right
and
that's
where
you
perform,
you
work
all
the
time.
B
Then,
if
you
travel
to
Saint
Paul
to
have
a
meeting,
but
then
you
come
back
to
Minneapolis
you're
still
going
to
be
making
the
Minneapolis
minimum
wage.
You
know
big,
and
so
there's
a
bit
Clarity
on
that.
One
so
I
I
appreciate
you
asking
me
to
explain
basically,
who
does
it
cover?
So,
to
sum
up,
I
know:
I
went
on
long-winded,
but
to
sum
up
to
exactly
who
it
covers,
it's
basically
the
the
physical
location
of
the
work,
and
that
has
to
be
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
A
Google
can
can
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
more
because
I
think
some
people
may
still
be
confusing,
so
your
your
physical
body
has
to
be
within
that
Geographic
called
border,
so
Minneapolis,
not
not
your
the
the
locations
of
your
employer,
let's
say
somebody
their
their
employer.
The
company
is
in
Eagan,
but
then
they
they
perform
the
work
they
come
and
do
the
work
partially.
Their
work
is
to
do
in
the
area
of
Minneapolis
I'm,
not
sure
how
please
help
us
understand
that
peace.
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B
Before
covet,
you
know
we
didn't
get
a
lot
of
this
question
that
you
asked
me
now,
but
we
do
get
a
lot
of
similar
questions
now.
Right,
post
covered
is
because
a
lot
of
people
work
from
home,
for
example,
right,
let's
just
say,
and
if
your
home
is
based
in
Minneapolis,
then
you
cover
it
now
right,
even
though
you're
the
physical
location
we
employ,
it
may
be
in
outside
the
city
limits.
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B
However,
there
are
instances
where
your
employer
is
based
outside
the
city
right,
so
the
office,
if
you
either
got
to
check
in
or
if
the
office
is
out
in
Bloomington,
but
then
you
come
into
the
city
to
do
the
work
now
you're
covered
right,
and
so
exactly
like
you
said
earlier,
when
you
asked
me
the
question,
it
basically
follows
the
person,
that's
how
we
like
to
think
about.
You
know
what
I
mean.
B
So
if
you
are
leaving
the
city
go
to
Saint
Paul,
then
you
you,
your
physical
location
is
wherever
you
are,
and
so,
but
often
there's
basically
two
types
of
work
right.
So
if
you
are
a
type
of
work
that
requires
you
to
physically
be
at
your
employer,
employer's
location,
for
example,
restaurants,
you,
you
know
if
you
are
working
a
restaurant.
B
Do
you
physically
have
to
be
present
right
for
for
many
of
the
jobs,
then
that
one
if
the
employer
is
in
Minneapolis,
then
you're
covered,
but
then,
if
you're
working
for
an
employer
where
the
job
follows
you
right.
So
your
movement,
so
if
you're
not
necessarily
attached
to
where
the
employer
is
located,
but
you
come
into
the
city
limits
to
perform,
but
you're
still
working
for
that
employee,
then
now
you're
covered
by
the
minimum
wage.
B
So
it's
if
come
just
think
of
where
am
I,
where
I'm
performing
the
work
from
Empire
right
and
if
you
say
I'm
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
then
you
are
covered
and,
and
you
come
under
the
the
protection
of
the
Minneapolis
minimum
which
which,
as
of
today,
you
know
is,
is
a
bit
higher
than
the
other
types
of
minimum
which
they
will
fall
under,
which
will
I'll
say
more
about
it.
Later.
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B
Yes,
Michael.
Thank
you.
That's
really
good
question,
because
why?
Why
is
the
need
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis
right
to
to
undertake
this
responsibility,
and
the
clear
answer
is
the
minimum
wage
in
this
state,
and
especially
the
federal
minimum
wage
has
not
increased
the
past
few
decades
right,
so
it's
been
stagnant.
It's
stuck
at
I
believe
if
I
could
be
Mid
mid
to
early
2000s
was
the
last
time
the
federal
minimum
wage
increased.
B
D
B
Getting
rates
right
and
then
what
happens
is
the
employees
minimum
wage
is
not
keeping
up
with
inflation,
so
inflation
outpaces
the
employees,
is
on
minimum
wage,
especially
the
state
and
federal.
So
the
community,
especially
the
residents
of
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
you
know,
demanded
action,
they
came
together
and
they
asked
the
city
to
do
something,
and
so
the
city
listened
to
it,
and-
and
there
was
a
at
the
time
the
the
demand
was
there
to
raise
the
minimum
wage
to
Fifteen
dollars.
B
B
Thank
you
again,
Michael.
Yes,
that
is
a
really
good
question
you're
right.
So
the
question
is:
why
do
we
need
one
minimum
wage
at
all?
Is
that
because
labor
is
not
merely
the
cost
of
doing
business
right,
employees
are
people
and
we
expect
them
to
be
treated
like
humans
and
not
objects,
obviously,
and
so
work
itself.
B
You
know
labor
standards
right,
so
the
work
we
perform
within
the
City
of
Minneapolis
falls
under
the
library
standards
enforcement
Division,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
Employers
in
the
city
obviously
do
treat
people
with
dignity,
and
that
means
you
know
having
the
ability
to
whether
you're
as
a
a
parent,
a
single
single
aren't.
You
know
erasing
children
or
whether
you
are
a
a
younger
person
taking
care
of
an
elderly
person,
whatever
wage
you're
earning.
We
wanted
that
to
be
at
least
sufficient
enough.
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
A
B
B
So
what
city
in
Minneapolis
is
trying
to
do,
especially
for
its
residents
and
community
members,
is
to
allow
its
you
know,
residents
to
at
least
have
some
sort
of
minimum
wage
where
they're
able
to
make
money
and
then
spend
that
money
back
on
the
community.
So
it
creates
more
economic
power
within
the
community
right
so
because
people,
when
they
make
more
money,
they
they
tend
to
spend
and
they
tend
to
spend
back
in
within
the
community.
C
C
A
E
F
F
F
F
F
A
A
B
Michael,
thank
you
for
that
question.
So
the
the
two
questions
I
will
ask
the
first
being
the
orders
you
asked.
So
the
first
question
is:
what
does
minimum
wage
have
to
do
with
wage
steps
right
and
that's
really
a
good
question,
because
there
is
a
different
law
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
past
a
couple
after
the
the
Minneapolis
minimum
wage,
so
it's
called
wage
theft.
So
it's
it's
a
Statewide
law
that
covers
the
wage
that
covers
no
matter
where
you
live
in
the
state.
B
You
could
live
in
Rochester.
You
could
live
in
Minneapolis
or
Duluth
right,
but
so
often
we
get
a
questions.
What's
the
difference,
how
do
they
relate
to
right?
And
so
the
first
question
is
basically
you
think
of
the
minimum
wage
as
part
or
some
of
the
things
that
one
can
have.
Issues
with
minimum
wage
is
part
of
which
step
right,
but
wage
depth
is
sometimes
bigger
than
minimum
wage
right.
B
So
if
the
wage
that's
cover,
covers
more
areas
but
minimal,
but
includes
part
of
minimum
wage,
and
so
a
failure
to
pay
minimum
wage
is
just
one
example
of
wages
right.
So
if
the
City
of
Minneapolis
says
the
small
employer,
employer
must
pay
an
unemployed,
its
employees
14.50
as
of
July
first
2023,
then,
if
the
employer
does
not
pay,
obviously
this,
they
say
it
pays
12
an
hour
to
its
employees,
but
it
knows
it
should
be
paying
14.50.
B
B
Other
areas,
a
wage
that
covers
that
are
not
just
the
minimum
wage
are,
for
example,
not
paying
overtime
after
40
hours
of
work.
So
if
an
employee
works
40
hours
except
there,
except
a
tiny
businesses
right,
so
the
state
could
be
48
Hours,
sorry
over
time,
where
the
federal
is
40.
and
that
will
depend
on
the
size
of
the
employer
right.
B
But
in
general,
if
employee
works
over
40
hours
and
you
don't
pay
them
over
time
and
be
consider
wage
theft,
not
paying
all
hours
worked,
for
example,
is
if
an
employee
comes
in
and
performs
work
before
they
clock
in,
and
performance
work
after
they
clock
out.
That
could
also
be
a
wage
theft
making
deductions
that
are
not
lawful.
So,
for
example,
an
employer
is
allowed
to
deduct
from
the
employees
paychecks,
for
example,
by
different
types
of
taxes
like
lawful
legal
taxes.
B
But
if
an
employer
decides
I
would
just
deduct
extra
hundred
dollars
from
the
employee
paycheck
for
unspecified
reasons
to
something
to
do
with.
You
know
poor
work
performance
or
maybe
that
you
cover
cost
of
something
those
can
be
considered
wage
death
because
those
are
not
lawful
deductions
and
the
employers
authorized
to
to
deduct
from
employee
refusing
to
pay
the
employee
for
the
work
they
performed
can
also
be
considered
wage
theft.
B
So,
as
you
can
see
not
paying
the
problem,
minimum
wage
proper
minimum
wage
is
one
part
of
wage
theft,
whereas
other
areas
that
I
listed
right
this,
the
four
or
five
different
areas
are
listed,
are
also
part
of
the
minimum
wage
depth.
Sorry,
and
so
there
are
two
different
laws
right,
but
one
is
smaller
than
the
other,
so
wage
theft
is
a
bigger
umbrella.
It
covers
more
issues
where
it,
which
also
includes
a
minimum
wage.
The
second
question
Michael
asked
was:
how
is
the
law
enforced
right?
B
E
B
Has
its
own
enforcement
and
which
has
its
own
and
other
laws
right?
So
the
way
it's
enforced
is
if
we
get
reports
from
employees
or
other
people
that
work
with
the
employee
so
often
employ
an
employee
because
they're
familiar
with
the
situation
and
they
say
hey,
my
paycheck
is
showing
12
by
your
city.
Minimum
wage
is
14
50
1450.
As
of
July
1st
and
I
asked
about
my
employer,
and
my
employer
said
no.
The
waste
of
the
minimum
wage
is
12,
not
14,
so
then
employees
can
call
or
go
to
our
website.
B
You
know
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
the
Google
City
or
Minneapolis
minimum
wage
City
Minneapolis
wage
theft.
It
will
come
out
easily.
That's
the
best
way
to
find
our
website
will
come
up
and
then
you
can
reach
directly
to
us.
Tell
us
your
complaints
and
then
we
have
a
standard
procedures
that
we
go
through.
But
ultimately,
if
we
believe
the
complaint
is,
has
some
truth
in
it
or
there
is
sincere
and
that
we
need
to
know
more
information
than
we
launch
an
audit
right.
B
And
so,
if
we
get
more
information
and
we
find
out,
the
employer
is
paying
the
problem
minimum
wage,
then
there's
no
problem.
Obviously,
but
if
we
find
out
the
employer
is
not
paying
the
proper
minimum
wage
and
what
the
employee
said
is
true,
then
we
continue
the
auditor
so,
and
so,
if,
if
anyone
has
any
question,
they
can
call
or
text
612,
seven
six,
seven,
three
zero
one:
two
or
call
3-1-1
it's
easier
because
we
call
311
and
you
basically
tell
them
I-
have
questions
about
minimum
wage
or
wage
theft.
B
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
A
The
City
of
Minneapolis
also
has
a
sick
leave
one
it's
and
it's
my
understanding
that
it
covers.
It
covers
time
that
people
may
need
to
get
to
the
clinic
like
the
covid-19
vaccine.
Can
you
talk
about
this
quickly
before
you
know?
We
ran
out
of
time.
I
know
we
got
six
minutes,
but
I
like
to
get
this,
because
a
lot
of
people
in
the
city
want
to
know
what
is
this
sick
leave
ordinance.
B
Yes,
Michael.
Thank
you
you're
right.
That's
an
additional
law
that
this,
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
civil
rights
Department
in
forces,
the
Minneapolis,
sick
and
safe,
safe
time
law
basically
was
the
coverage
that,
when
an
employee,
Works
30
hours,
we
we
think
so
similar
to
the
minimum
wage
right.
So
you
have
to
perform
the
work
in
City
of
Minneapolis
and
whatnot,
but
if
every
30
hours
you
work
for
an
employer,
an
employer
is
supposed
to
accrue
one
hour
of
sick
pay
right.
So
most
employers
are
familiar
with.
B
Our
employees
are
familiar
with
the
PTO
right,
so
some
employee
employers
will
give
their
employees
PTO
so
paid
sick,
paid
time
leave.
You
can
call
it
sick
and
save
time.
You
could
call
it
PTO.
It
doesn't
matter
what
you
call
it,
but
as
long
as
you
meet
the
requirement
right
so
for
every
30
hours,
an
employee
works
for
you,
you
accrue
one
hour
sick
and
each
year,
you're
required
to
have
48
hours,
maximum
or
80
hours
second
year.
B
Afterwards,
right
so
the
the
most
you
can
accrue
for
employee
in
their
first
year
is
48
hours,
and
then,
if
that
employee
stays
in
second
third
fourth
year,
they
can
get
up
to
80
hours
maximum.
But
what
happens
is
the
employee
can
use
the
hours
and
then
the
employee
employer
had
to
start
accruing
again,
but
basically
one
of
the
reasons
I
mean
there
are
many
reasons
you
can
use
right.
B
So
as
long
as
you
have
the
hours
and
you
call
sick
to
your
employer-
and
you
say
I'm,
my
my
school,
my
child,
you
know
is-
is
sick.
I
have
to
go
pick
it
up
from
the
school
or
I
am
sick.
Today
or
I
have
some
safety.
You
know
family
related
issues
that
I
need
to
take
time
off
whatever
it
may
be.
There
are
a
long
list
of
different
issues
covered.
B
Your
employer
is
supposed
to
allow
you
to
use
right
when
you
have
the
hours
and
it
when
you
have
the
hours
you
can
tell
them.
I
would
like
to
use
my
sick
and
save
then,
and
you
know,
and
if
you're,
taking
one
or
two
or
even
three
days
your
employer
is
not
supposed
to
and
cannot
require
you
to
produce
doctor's
note
right.
So
most
some
of
us
remember
again.