H.F. 121 Section 1. Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 2019, is amended by striking the paragraph. 2 Sec. 2. Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 2019, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 d. An employer is not required to pay an employee the 5 applicable state hourly wage provided in paragraph “a” until the 6 employee has completed ninety sixty calendar days of employment 7 with the employer. An employee who has completed ninety sixty 8 calendar days of employment with the employer prior to April 9 1, 2007, or January 1, 2008, shall earn the applicable state 10 hourly minimum wage as of that date. An employer shall pay 11 an employee who has not completed ninety sixty calendar days 12 of employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least 13 $5.30 as of April 1, 2007, and $6.35 as of January 1, 2008 14 eighty-eight percent of the applicable state hourly wage 15 provided in paragraph “a” . 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill provides that the state minimum hourly wage 20 applicable to newly hired employees is applicable until an 21 employee has completed 60 calendar days of employment with 22 an employer. Under current law, the period is 90 days. The 23 bill strikes the current state minimum hourly wage rate of 24 $6.35 prescribed for newly hired employees and instead provides 25 that the state minimum hourly wage applicable to newly hired 26 employees is 88 percent of the regular state minimum hourly 27 wage. 28 The bill also strikes language providing for a separate 29 means of calculating the state minimum hourly wage rate for 30 an employee of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn, or cabin who 31 customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month 32 in tips. The regular state minimum hourly wage would be 33 applicable to such employees. 34 -1- LSB 1371HH (5) 88 je/rn 1/ 1