Impact of Increased Minimum Wages on the Economies of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

摘要

This report was prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor in response to the requirement of Public Law 110-28, the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007. That law states that the Secretary of Labor shall report to Congress the findings of a study assessing and projecting the impacts of increases in the minimum wages applicable to the territories of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).