Here are key provisions of the legislation Congress passed last year to increase the minimum wage to $4.25 an hour and establish a subminimum training wage for certain teen-age workers. The measure takes effect Sunday.
Congress passed legislation that increases the minimum wage from $3.35 per hour, in steps to $4.25 in 1991. Workers ages 16-19 may be paid a sub-minimum training wage for the first three months and longer if the employer has a formal training program. Seasonal migrant farm workers are exempt from the sub minimum which expires in 1993. Even after the increase, full-time workers would still be short of what it takes to support one adult and one child at the poverty level. The federal government also provides food stamps through SNAP, but only up until age 18.