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Kansas

Minimum wage: Federal $7.25 · Right-to-work state

Overtime rules

Federal weekly rule only (1.5x over 40 hrs/week)

Federal law is the floor everywhere: 1.5x your regular rate for every hour past 40 in a workweek. Where state law pays more, the state rule wins.

Run the numbers for your week

Labor board contact

Kansas Department of Labor, Employment Standards

File a wage claim

785-296-5000

Federal option: US DOL Wage and Hour complaint · 1-866-487-9243

Union rights here

Kansas is a right-to-work state. A union still has to represent every worker in the bargaining unit, but no one can be required to pay dues or fees as a condition of employment. Unions here depend on workers choosing to join.

Private-sector organizing is governed by the National Labor Relations Act and enforced by the NLRB. Public employees (state, city, school, transit) are covered by Kansas state law instead, which sets its own bargaining rules.

It is illegal for your employer to fire, cut hours, or threaten you for talking with coworkers about pay or organizing.

Organizing help

Minimum wage and rule details change. Confirm current figures with Kansas Department of Labor, Employment Standards before relying on them.