Bill Text: MN HF10 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Minimum wage modified.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-04 - Author added Newton [HF10 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF10-Introduced.html
1.2relating to jobs; modifying the minimum wage;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.32012, section 177.24, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Amount. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the terms defined in
1.7this paragraph have the meanings given them.
1.8(1) "Large employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales
1.9made or business done is not less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail
1.10level that are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act,
1.11sections177.21 to
177.35 .
1.12(2) "Small employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made
1.13or business done is less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that
1.14are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, sections
1.15177.21
to
177.35 .
1.16(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections177.21 to
177.35 , every large employer
1.17must pay each employee wages at a rate of at least$5.15 an hour beginning September
1.181, 1997, and at a rate of at least $6.15 an hour beginning August 1, 2005 $9.38 an hour
1.19beginning August 1, 2013, and at the rate established under paragraph (d) beginning
1.20January 1, 2014. Every small employer must pay each employee at a rate of at least$4.90
1.21an hour beginning January 1, 1998, and at a rate of at least $5.25 an hour beginning
1.22August 1, 2005 $8.01 an hour beginning August 1, 2013, and at the rate established under
1.23paragraph (d) beginning January 1, 2014.
2.1(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), during the first 90 consecutive days of
2.2employment, an employer may pay an employee under the age of 20 years a wage of$4.90
2.3 $7.47 an hour beginning August 1, 2013, and at the rate established under paragraph (d)
2.4beginning January 1, 2014. No employer may take any action to displace any employee,
2.5including a partial displacement through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment
2.6benefits, in order to hire an employee at the wage authorized in this paragraph.
2.7(d) No later than November 1 each year, beginning in 2013, the commissioner shall
2.8determine the percentage increase in the rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer
2.9Price Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as determined by the
2.10United States Department of Labor, during the most recent 12-month period for which
2.11data is available. The minimum wage rates in paragraphs (b) and (c) are increased by
2.12the percentage calculated by the commissioner, rounded to the nearest cent. The new
2.13minimum wage rates determined under this paragraph take effect on the next January 1.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.32012, section 177.24, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. Amount. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the terms defined in
1.7this paragraph have the meanings given them.
1.8(1) "Large employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales
1.9made or business done is not less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail
1.10level that are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act,
1.11sections
1.12(2) "Small employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made
1.13or business done is less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that
1.14are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, sections
1.16(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections
1.17must pay each employee wages at a rate of at least
1.18
1.19beginning August 1, 2013, and at the rate established under paragraph (d) beginning
1.20January 1, 2014. Every small employer must pay each employee at a rate of at least
1.21
1.22
1.23paragraph (d) beginning January 1, 2014.
2.1(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), during the first 90 consecutive days of
2.2employment, an employer may pay an employee under the age of 20 years a wage of
2.3 $7.47 an hour beginning August 1, 2013, and at the rate established under paragraph (d)
2.4beginning January 1, 2014. No employer may take any action to displace any employee,
2.5including a partial displacement through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment
2.6benefits, in order to hire an employee at the wage authorized in this paragraph.
2.7(d) No later than November 1 each year, beginning in 2013, the commissioner shall
2.8determine the percentage increase in the rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer
2.9Price Index for all urban consumers, United States city average, as determined by the
2.10United States Department of Labor, during the most recent 12-month period for which
2.11data is available. The minimum wage rates in paragraphs (b) and (c) are increased by
2.12the percentage calculated by the commissioner, rounded to the nearest cent. The new
2.13minimum wage rates determined under this paragraph take effect on the next January 1.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
