Labor rules
Labor rules, by state and province
Sixty-six jurisdictions — fifty states, the District of Columbia and the federal standard; ten provinces, three territories and the Canada Labour Code. This is the same reference data ShiftNivo schedules against, published because a page showing your actual thresholds is worth more than a paragraph claiming we know them.
- Every figure carries a source.
- Every wage carries the date it took effect.
- Every rule the engine does not model is written on the page.
Overtime
40h
weekly · daily after 8h · 1.5×
Minimum wage
$16.90
since 2026-01-01
Rest between shifts
No separate rule
Eating period
30 min
after 5h
16- and 17-year-olds at night
Not after 10 p.m.
Public holidays
12
United States
50 states, DC and the federal standard
- Federal (FLSA)$7.25
- Alabama$7.25
- Alaska$14.00
- Arizona$15.15
- Arkansas$11.00
- California$16.90
- Colorado$15.16
- Connecticut$16.94
- Delaware$15.00
- District of Columbia$18.40
- Florida$15.00
- Georgia$7.25
- Hawaii$16.00
- Idaho$7.25
- Illinois$15.00
- Indiana$7.25
- Iowa$7.25
- Kansas$7.25
- Kentucky$7.25
- Louisiana$7.25
- Maine$15.10
- Maryland$15.00
- Massachusetts$15.00
- Michigan$13.73
- Minnesota$11.41
- Mississippi$7.25
- Missouri$15.00
- Montana$10.85
- Nebraska$15.00
- Nevada$12.00
- New Hampshire$7.25
- New Jersey$15.92
- New Mexico$12.00
- New York$16.00
- North Carolina$7.25
- North Dakota$7.25
- Ohio$11.00
- Oklahoma$7.25
- Oregon$15.55
- Pennsylvania$7.25
- Rhode Island$16.00
- South Carolina$7.25
- South Dakota$11.85
- Tennessee$7.25
- Texas$7.25
- Utah$7.25
- Vermont$14.42
- Virginia$12.77
- Washington$17.13
- West Virginia$8.75
- Wisconsin$7.25
- Wyoming$7.25
Canada
10 provinces, 3 territories and the federal code
Why this is on the marketing site
Because it is checkable. Everything else a scheduling company writes about itself is a claim you can only test by buying it. Open Ontario and you will see 44 hours, 11 hours of rest, a 30-minute eating period after 5 hours, and a minimum wage with the month it changed. If one of those is wrong, tell us and it gets fixed — that is a faster feedback loop than any review site.
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