H-8017

   Amend  the amendment, H-8008, to House File 2279, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 3 by inserting: 
<DIVISION I
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS>
   2.  Page 2, after line 3 by inserting: 
<DIVISION ___
MINIMUM WAGE

   Sec. ___.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  (1)  The state hourly wage shall be at least $6.20 as of April 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008 $8.20 as of July 1, 2022, $9.15 as of July 1, 2023, $10.10 as of January 1, 2024, $11.05 as of July 1, 2024, $12.00 as of January 1, 2025, $12.95 as of July 1, 2025, $13.90 as of January 1, 2026, and $15.00 as of July 1, 2026.
   (2)  The state hourly wage, including the state hourly wage for the first ninety calendar days of employment provided in paragraph “d”, shall be increased annually on July 1, beginning July 1, 2027, by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in federal social security benefits authorized during the previous state fiscal year by the federal social security administration pursuant to section 215 of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §415.
   b.  Every employer, as defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended to January 1, 2007 July 1, 2022, shall pay to each of the employer’s employees, as defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended to January 1, 2007 July 1, 2022, the state hourly wage stated in paragraph “a”, or the current federal minimum wage, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §206, as amended, whichever is greater.
   c.  For purposes of determining whether an employee of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn, or cabin, who customarily and regularly receives more than thirty one hundred dollars a month in tips is receiving the minimum hourly wage rate prescribed by this section, the amount paid the employee by the employer shall be deemed to be increased on account of the tips by an amount determined by the employer, not to exceed forty percent of the applicable minimum wage. An employee may file a written appeal with the labor commissioner if the amount of tips received by the employee is less than the amount determined by the employer under this subsection.
   d.  An employer is not required to pay an employee the applicable state hourly wage provided in paragraph “a” until the employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer. An employee who has completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer prior to April 1, 2007, or January 1, 2008, shall earn the applicable state hourly minimum wage as of that the date of completion. An employer shall pay an employee who has not completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least $5.30 as of April 1, 2007, and $6.35 as of January 1, 2008 $7.20 as of July 1, 2022, $8.05 as of July 1, 2023, $8.85 as of January 1, 2024, $9.70 as of July 1, 2024, $10.55 as of January 1, 2025, $11.40 as of July 1, 2025, $12.25 as of January 1, 2026, and $13.20 as of July 1, 2026.
   e.  A county or city may establish a minimum wage that exceeds the state hourly wage and the federal minimum wage.
   3.  Page 2, by striking lines 5 and 6 and inserting <Act relating to economic development including legislative findings and the state minimum wage.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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HUNTER of Polk