The Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Wage and Hour Unit, has released a new minimum wage notice for 2012. Effective Jan. 1, 2012, the minimum wage will increase from $7.35 per hour to $7.65 per hour. The minimum wage is subject to a cost-of-living adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as calculated in August. According to the agency, the minimum wage poster is not...

Montanans earning the minimum wage will have to wait until next September at the earliest for a boost from the current rate of $7.25. By law, the state must adjust the minimum wage by Sept. 30 of each year to reflect changes in the CPI (Consumer Price Index), but with no inflation this year (in fact, deflation took place), the rate will stay unchanged until the next calculation next year at...

Montana is raising its minimum wage from $6.55 to $6.90 an hour effective Jan. 1, 2009, and will then observe the new federal minimum wage of $7.25 when it takes effect on July 24, 2009. Personnel Concepts is currently updating its state minimum wage panel for Montana along with the State and Federal All-On-One Labor Law Poster. (Note: Active subscription customers will receive update...