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CLM-FIRST-NATIONAL-MINIMUM-WAGE-LAW= 1894CONSTRUCTIONStatute records.Evidence quality: PAPER · Source: Wikipedia — Minimum wage — First national minimum-wage law ↗
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Limits RegistryNew Zealand's Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1894 created the first modern national system for setting legally enforceable minimum wages, followed by Australia (Victoria) in 1896 and the United Kingdom in 1909.
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New Zealand's Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1894 created the first modern national system for setting legally enforceable minimum wages, followed by Australia (Victoria) in 1896 and the United Kingdom in 1909.
The year in which a national government first enacted a law providing for legally binding minimum wages.
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