Chapter 338
2013 -- H 5079 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/15/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
Introduced
By: Representatives Bennett,
Date Introduced: January 15, 2013
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter
28-12 entitled "Minimum
Wages" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
28-12-3.
Minimum wages. -- (a) Every
employer shall pay to each of his or her
employees: commencing July 1, 1999, at least the minimum wage
of five dollars and sixty five
cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing September 1, 2000, the
minimum wage is six dollars and
fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour.
(b) Commencing January
1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five
cents ($6.75) per hour.
(c) Commencing March 1,
2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents
($7.10) per hour.
(d) Commencing January
1, 2007, the minimum wage is seven dollars and forty cents
($7.40) per hour.
(e) Commencing January
1, 2013, the minimum wage is seven dollars and seventy-five
cents ($7.75) per hour.
(f) Commencing
January 1, 2014, the minimum wage is eight dollars ($8.00) per hour.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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