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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Morales, Speakman, Kislak, Kazarian, Handy, Tanzi, | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2023 | |
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. |
4 | (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees: commencing July 1, 1999, |
5 | at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty-five cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing |
6 | September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour. |
7 | (b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five cents |
8 | ($6.75) per hour. |
9 | (c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents ($7.10) |
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 nine dollars ($9.00) per hour. |
17 | (h) Commencing January 1, 2016, the minimum wage is nine dollars and sixty cents ($9.60) |
18 | per hour. |
19 | (i) Commencing January 1, 2018, the minimum wage is ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10) |
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1 | per hour. |
2 | (j) Commencing January 1, 2019, the minimum wage is ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) |
3 | per hour. |
4 | (k) Commencing October 1, 2020, the minimum wage is eleven dollars and fifty cents |
5 | ($11.50) per hour. |
6 | (l) Commencing January 1, 2022, the minimum wage is twelve dollars and twenty-five |
7 | cents ($12.25) per hour. |
8 | (m) Commencing January 1, 2023, the minimum wage is thirteen dollars ($13.00) per hour. |
9 | (n) Commencing January 1, 2024, the minimum wage is fourteen dollars ($14.00) per hour. |
10 | (o) Commencing January 1, 2025, the minimum wage is fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour. |
11 | (p) Commencing January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage shall |
12 | be adjusted by the increase, if any, in the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living shall be |
13 | measured by the percentage increase, if any, as of August of the previous year over the level as of |
14 | August of the year preceding that year in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI- |
15 | U), as published by the United States Department of Labor Statistics or its successor agency, with |
16 | the amount of the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents ($.05). |
17 | 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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1 | This act would raise the minimum wage on January 1, 2026, and each January 1, thereafter, |
2 | by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U), as |
3 | published by the United States Department of Labor Statistics, in August of the previous year over |
4 | the level as of August of the year preceding that year. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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