To answer your question, only employees are required to be paid minimum wage. The minimum wage laws do not apply to contractors.

If I were you I would tell him to take a hike and that you're more than happy to let him pay someone else minimum wage or less, because you are worth much more. Frankly, I wouldn't even be speaking to someone who only wanted to pay those rates.

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Rebecka Melson ~ Virtual Business Services