New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom are several of the first countries in the world to pass minimum wage acts.
Continuing from them, most countries all around the world have implemented minimum wage laws in some ways or another.
The World’s First Minimum Wage
Way back in the year 1894, New Zealand enforced the world’s first national minimum wage laws. All businesses and all industries across the entire country was covered by this minimum wage law.
Australia, specifically to Victoria, was the second authority in the world to pass minimum wage laws. In the early stages, Victoria’s minimum wage laws only covered particular industries. These laws only