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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 91D.1, Code 1999, is amended by 1 2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 3 following: 1 4 91D.1 MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENTS EXCEPTIONS. 1 5 1. Every employer, as defined in the federal Fair Labor 1 6 Standards Act, shall pay to each of the employer's employees, 1 7 as defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the 1 8 following: 1 9 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending 1 10 June 30, 2000, wages of not less than the current hourly wage 1 11 stated in the federal minimum wage law, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 1 12 } 206. 1 13 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending 1 14 June 30, 2001, wages of not less than fifty cents more per 1 15 hour than the current federal minimum wage, pursuant to 29 1 16 U.S.C. } 206. 1 17 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and each 1 18 succeeding fiscal year, wages of not less than fifty cents 1 19 more per hour than the current federal minimum wage, pursuant 1 20 to 29 U.S.C. } 206, indexed to the midwest region consumer 1 21 price index as determined by the United States department of 1 22 labor, bureau of labor statistics. 1 23 2. For purposes of determining whether an employee of a 1 24 restaurant, hotel, motel, inn, or cabin, who customarily and 1 25 regularly receives more than thirty dollars a month in tips is 1 26 receiving the minimum hourly wage rate prescribed by this 1 27 section, the amount paid the employee by the employer shall be 1 28 deemed to be increased on account of the tips by an amount 1 29 determined by the employer, not to exceed forty percent of the 1 30 applicable minimum wage provided in subsection 1. An employee 1 31 may file a written appeal with the labor commissioner if the 1 32 amount of tips received by the employee is less than the 1 33 amount determined by the employer under this subsection. 1 34 3. The exemptions from the minimum wage requirements 1 35 stated in 29 U.S.C. } 213 shall apply, except that the 2 1 exemption in 29 U.S.C. } 213(a)(2) shall only apply to an 2 2 enterprise which is comprised of one or more retail or service 2 3 establishments whose annual gross volume of sales made or 2 4 business done is less than sixty percent of the amount stated 2 5 in 29 U.S.C. } 203(s)(2), exclusive of excise taxes at the 2 6 retail level that are separately stated. 2 7 4. The labor commissioner shall adopt rules to implement 2 8 and administer this section. 2 9 5. This section shall be enforced pursuant to chapter 91A. 2 10 EXPLANATION 2 11 This bill requires every employer, as defined in the 2 12 federal Fair Labor Standards Act, to pay to each of the 2 13 employer's employees, as defined in the federal Fair Labor 2 14 Standards Act, for fiscal year 1999-2000, wages of not less 2 15 than the current hourly wage stated in the federal minimum 2 16 wage law; for fiscal year 2000-2001, wages of not less than 50 2 17 cents more per hour than the current federal minimum wage; and 2 18 for fiscal year 2001-2002, and each succeeding fiscal year, 2 19 wages of not less than 50 cents more per hour than the current 2 20 federal minimum wage, indexed to the midwest region consumer 2 21 price index. 2 22 Current law requires every employer, as defined in the 2 23 federal Fair Labor Standards Act, to pay to each of the 2 24 employer's employees, as defined in the federal Fair Labor 2 25 Standards Act, wages of not less than the current federal 2 26 minimum wage. The bill strikes a provision that requires an 2 27 employer to pay an hourly wage of $4.25 to an employee who has 2 28 worked for the employer less than 90 days. 2 29 LSB 1895XS 78 2 30 kh/jw/5
Text: SF00153 Text: SF00155 Text: SF00100 - SF00199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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