S2478

	2018 -- S 2478
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

	Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Miller, Goldin, Nesselbush, and Gallo
	Date Introduced: February 15, 2018
	Referred To: Senate Labor
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 28-12 of the General Laws entitled "Minimum Wages" is hereby
2	amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	28-12-3.3. Minimum wages for employees of developmental disabilities
4	organizations.
5	Commencing July 1, 2018, every covered employer providing services to five (5) or more
6	persons with developmental disabilities, that are reimbursed for such services by the state, shall
7	pay each of their employees, no less than thirteen dollars and eighteen cents ($13.18) per hour.
8	Commencing July 1, 2019, every covered employer providing services to five (5) or more persons
9	with developmental disabilities, that are reimbursed for such services by the state, shall pay of
10	their employees, no less than fourteen dollars and nine cents ($14.09) per hour. Commencing July
11	1, 2020, every covered employer providing services to five (5) or more persons with
12	developmental disabilities, that are reimbursed for such services by the state, shall pay of their
13	employees, no less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour. For the purposes of this section,
14	covered employers are those developmental disability organizations licensed to provide services
15	pursuant to § 40.1-24-3.
16	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
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1	This act would gradually increase the minimum hourly wage, for employees of covered
2	employers who provide services to five (5) or more persons with developmental disabilities and
3	are reimbursed by the state, from thirteen dollars and eighteen cents ($13.18) to fifteen dollars
4	($15.00) per hour.
5	This act would take effect upon passage.
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