House File 525 H-1239 Amend House File 525 as follows: 1 1. Page 3, line 14, after < applicable. > by 2 inserting < In considering this comparison, for purposes 3 of evaluating parity, the arbitrator shall include only 4 employers providing the equivalent of a living wage 5 with benefits for all employees. For the purposes 6 of this section, “living wage with benefits” means 7 compensation from an employer to an employee sufficient 8 to allow a family of two adults and two children to 9 pay housing costs equaling no more than thirty percent 10 of the employee’s wage, and to pay for the family’s 11 health care, public education for the children through 12 four years of college, food, clothing, an annual 13 family vacation, contributions to church and charity 14 of ten percent of the employee’s wages, and a pension 15 benefit adequate for both adults to retire at the 16 social security retirement age. If the employee cannot 17 provide for the employee’s family as provided in this 18 paragraph without resorting to welfare or other public 19 assistance programs, compensation to the employee shall 20 not be considered a living wage plus benefits. > 21 ______________________________ ISENHART of Dubuque ______________________________ KRESSIG of Black Hawk -1- HF525.1244 (1) 84 je/rj 1/ 1 #1.