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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

     

     Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Lombardi, Paolino, Lombardo, and Ciccone

     Date Introduced: January 26, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum

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Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     28-12-3. Minimum wages.

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     (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees: commencing July 1, 1999,

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at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty-five cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing

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September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour.

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     (b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five cents

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($6.75) per hour.

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     (c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents ($7.10)

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per hour.

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     (d) Commencing January 1, 2007, the minimum wage is seven dollars and forty cents

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($7.40) per hour.

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     (e) Commencing January 1, 2013, the minimum wage is seven dollars and seventy-five

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cents ($7.75) per hour.

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     (f) Commencing January 1, 2014, the minimum wage is eight dollars ($8.00) per hour.

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     (g) Commencing January 1, 2015, the minimum wage is nine dollars ($9.00) per hour.

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     (h) Commencing January 1, 2016, the minimum wage is nine dollars and sixty cents ($9.60)

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per hour.

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     (i) Commencing January 1, 2018, the minimum wage is ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10)

 

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per hour.

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     (j) Commencing January 1, 2019, the minimum wage is ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50)

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per hour.

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     (k) Commencing October 1, 2020, the minimum wage is eleven dollars and fifty cents

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($11.50) per hour.

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     (l) Commencing January 1, 2022, the minimum wage shall be increased by an amount

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equal to the total percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-

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U) published by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Northeast

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Region for the four (4) previous fiscal years, but in no event shall the minimum wage decrease to

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reflect any decrease in the CPI-U.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

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     This act would increase the minimum wage commencing January 1, 2022, in accordance

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with an amount equal to the total percentage increase in the consumer Price Index for all Urban

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Consumers (CPI-U) for the Northeast Region for the four (4) previous fiscal years.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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