Summary of the Perfected Version of the Bill

HB 1851 -- MINIMUM WAGE (Thomson)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Special Committee on Workforce Development
and Workplace Safety

This bill allows the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
to establish rules to implement the federal minimum wage
provisions.

Provisions are added to the federal Fair Labor Standards and
Portal to Portal acts regarding compensation for overtime.
Employers are allowed to pay an employee who receives tips less
than the hourly cash wage amount specified in the Fair Labor
Standards Act if the total compensation of the employee is not
less than the wage required under the state Minimum Wage Law.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Income on General Revenue Fund of
$240,379 in FY 2009, $259,977 in FY 2010, and $279,792 in
FY 2011.  No impact on Other State Funds in FY 2009, FY 2010, and
FY 2011.

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94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
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