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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Guthrie, McNamara, Handy, and Lima | |
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Date Introduced: February 02, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Labor | |
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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. -- (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her |
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employees: commencing July 1, 1999, at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty five |
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cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and |
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fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour. |
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(b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five |
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cents ($6.75) per hour. |
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(c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents |
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($7.10) 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 ($7.75) per hour. |
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(f) Commencing January 1, 2014, and on each January 1st thereafter, the department of |
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labor and training shall calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to maintain employee |
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purchasing power by increasing the current year’s minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation. |
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The adjusted minimum wage rate shall be calculated to the nearest cent using the consumer price |
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index for urban wage earners and clerical workers. CPI-W, or a successor index, for the previous |
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year as calculated for the northeast region by the United States department of labor. Each adjusted |
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minimum wage rate so calculated shall take effect on July 1st of the proceeding year. |
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(g) The Rhode Island minimum wage rate automatically increases to fifteen cents ($.15) |
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above the rate set in the Fair Labor Standards Act if the federal minimum wage equals or |
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becomes higher than the state minimum. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would raise the minimum wage commencing January 1, 2013 to seven dollars |
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and seventy-five cents ($7.75) per hour, and would require adjustments by the department of |
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labor and training commencing January 1, 2014. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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