2014 -- H 8297 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES | |
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Introduced By: Representative Raymond E.Gallison | |
Date Introduced: June 05, 2014 | |
Referred To: House Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum |
2 | Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-12-3. Minimum wages. -- (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her |
4 | employees: commencing July 1, 1999, at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty five |
5 | cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and |
6 | fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour. |
7 | (b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five |
8 | cents ($6.75) per hour. |
9 | (c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents |
10 | ($7.10) per hour. |
11 | (d) Commencing January 1, 2007, the minimum wage is seven dollars and forty cents |
12 | ($7.40) per hour. |
13 | (e) Commencing January 1, 2013, the minimum wage is seven dollars and seventy-five |
14 | cents ($7.75) per hour. |
15 | (f) Commencing January 1, 2014, the minimum wage is eight dollars ($8.00) per hour. |
16 | (g) Commencing January 1, 2015, the minimum wage is eight dollars and twenty-five |
17 | cents ($8.25) per hour. |
18 | SECTION 2. Chapter 28-12 of the General Laws entitled "Minimum Wages" is hereby |
19 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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1 | 28-12-25. Uniformity. -- No municipality shall establish, mandate, or otherwise require |
2 | an employer to pay a minimum wage to its employees, other than the state or federal mandated |
3 | minimum wage, or to apply a state or federal minimum wage law to wages statutorily exempt |
4 | from a state or federal minimum wage requirement. |
5 | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES | |
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1 | This act would increase the hourly minimum wage to eight dollars and twenty-five cents |
2 | ($8.25) effective January 1, 2015. The act would also prevent municipalities from establishing |
3 | their own hourly minimum requests for employees who work within their geographic borders. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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