Skipping and skimming to post this question I also put to my friends on Facebook:

I have a question for any of my friends who are lawyers.

Does a telework job for a large employer in a state which requires a $15 Minimum wage have to pay the minimum wage where the employee lives, or the minimum wage for the state where the company is located?

I know that where I worked telecommuting last year, I had to only pay state taxes in my home state, so all of my income teleworking was Minnesota-based.

I suspect if they didn't want to pay that wage they would just not hire anyone based there? No idea on the actualities.

Ugh. Practically no sleep tonight -- too much pain. At least I don't have anything I need to do today.

8:15 isn't not too early to mow the lawn?

Today will be scorching, when we have had either torrential water or muggy hell orb for many deyz.

Ow. Still not much sleep, and still a ton of pain. No clue what brought this on. My original plan for the day -- go to farmers market, maybe go out to brunch, go to craft store to get some Gishwhes supplies, unpack a few more boxes, work on some Gishwhes stuff -- has become stay in bed, take painkillers, read. Maybe work on a couple of Gishwhes things that don't require movement. Also, my painkillered brain has decided that ordering a Queen Consolidated t-shirt will help things. At least my retail therapy isn't all that expensive.

Hil, tons of pain~ma headed your way. Try not to overdo it. The unpacking will all get done eventually.

dcj, FWIW, I pay taxes based on the state I live in, not the state my employer is in. IANAL, but it seems to me that other teleworker wage questions should be resolved similarly. Like, surely they can't pay you based on one state's laws and tax you based on another state's laws. Especially if they hired you as a teleworker living in the state you reside in now (as opposed to you having moved after you were hired).

We had so many leftovers from our family dinner the other night that we have assembled two baked zitis with zucchini for the freezer that are just big enough for the two of us. We also froze several portions of chicken and individual slices of the rest of the blueberry coffee cake that we had for dessert.

I don't know about contract work but when I was living in RI and working in MA, I had to file in both states.

I don't know about contract work but when I was living in RI and working in MA, I had to file in both states.

Were you commuting to MA? My co-worker who works in our NJ office three days a week and lives in NY is in the same situation. She'd be better off to go full-time telecommuting but she says she needs the time away from her family!

We're salaried, though. I don't know how different it would be for hourly. Keeping track of hours worked off-site must be a nightmare, for both employer and employee.

Yes, I was commuting. I worked in retail at the time and minimum wage was higher in MA and the commute was the same length.