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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES

     

     Introduced By: Senators Lynch Prata, Pichardo, Doyle, Metts, and Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: February 10, 2016

     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. -- (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, 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

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($9.60) per hour.

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     (i) Commencing January 1, 2017, the minimum wage is ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10)

 

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per hour.

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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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A N   A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES

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     This act would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour effective January 1, 2017.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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