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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1500
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS
Printer's No. 1534
Amend Bill, page 1, line 8, by striking out "and" and
inserting a comma
Amend Bill, page 1, line 9, by inserting after "wages"
and for exemptions
Amend Bill, page 1, line 12, by striking out "and 4(a)" and
inserting
, 4(a) and (e) and 5(c)
Amend Bill, page 4, by inserting between lines 28 and 29
(e) In lieu of the minimum wage prescribed in subsection (a)
[and section 5(c)] and notwithstanding subsections (b) and (d),
an employer may, during the first sixty calendar days when an
employe under the age of twenty years is initially employed, pay
the employe training wages at a rate of not less than the
minimum wage set forth in section 6(a) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act (29 U.S.C. ยง 206(a)). A person employed at the
training wage under this subsection shall be informed of the
amount of the training wage and the right to receive the full
minimum wage, or a higher wage, upon completion of the training
period. No employer may take any action to displace existing
employes, including partial displacements such as reduction in
the hours, wages or employment benefits of existing employes,
for purposes of hiring individuals at the training wage
authorized by this subsection.
Section 5. Exemptions.--* * *
[(c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(a)(7)
and (8), an employer unless otherwise exempt from the minimum
wage provisions of section 4(a)(6) whose employe complement is
composed of the equivalent of ten or less full-time employes to
be calculated on a forty-hour workweek shall pay:
(i) Five dollars sixty-five cents ($5.65) an hour beginning
January 1, 2007.
(ii) Six dollars sixty-five cents ($6.65) an hour beginning
July 1, 2007.
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(2) Such employer shall pay the full amount of the minimum
wage under section 4(a)(8) beginning July 1, 2008.]
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