Come See Us:
Event: Memphis Job Fair
Location: Memphis Marriott, Memphis, TN
Date: August 19, 2008
Time: 10am-2pm
Event: Atlanta IRS Forum
Location: Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Exhibit Hall; Booth #107
Date(s): July 1-2
Effective July 24, 2008, the federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $6.55. The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Many states have minimum wage laws. In cases where an employee is subject to both state and federal minimum wages laws, the employee is entitled to the higher of the two minimum wages.
The IRS Announces New Mileage Rates
Effective July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, the new mileage rate is 58.5 cents a mile for business miles driven, and 27 cents a mile for medical and moving miles. Charitable mileage rate remains unchanged at 14 cents a mile.