SF0036 - Minimum wage.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0161.E1 ENGROSSED |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0036
Minimum wage.
Sponsored by: Joint Labor, Health and Social Services
Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to the
state minimum wage; increasing the
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state minimum wage to be consistent with the current
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federal minimum wage; repealing conflicting provisions; and
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providing for an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section 1. W.S. 27-4-202 is amended to read:
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10 27-4-202. Minimum wage rates.
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12 (a) Every
employer shall pay to each of his or her
13 employees,
wages at a rate of not less than one dollar and 14
forty cents ($1.40) per hour from June 1, 1971, to December 15
31, 1971; one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour from 16
January 1, 1972 to December 31, 1972; and one dollar and
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1 sixty cents ($1.60) per hour, thereafter five dollars and
2 fifteen cents ($5.15) per hour.
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4 (b) For the purpose of this law, in determining the 5
wage rate of a tipped employee, the
amount paid such 6
employee by his employer shall be
deemed to be increased on 7
account of tips received by an
employee by an amount not in 8
excess of fifty percent (50%) of the
applicable minimum 9
wage. Provided, however, in all cases
the minimum wage paid 10
by an employer to his employee shall not be less than one 11
dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per hour effective June 1, 12
1971 and thereafter. Effective
April 1, 2001 and
13 thereafter, all employers who employ tipped employees shall
14 not pay less than two dollars and thirteen cents ($2.13)
15 per hour to his tipped employees. Provided further, if the
16 wage paid by the employer combined with the tips received
17 by the employee during a given pay period does not equal at
18 least the applicable minimum wage as prescribed in
19 subsection (a) of this section, the employer shall pay the
20 difference to the tipped employee. For the
purposes of this
21 act, all "tip" employees
shall furnish monthly to their
22 respective employers the daily
record of tips required to
23 be kept by "tip" employees
under the laws of the United
24 States and upon the forms prescribed
by the internal
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1 revenue
service of the United States treasury department.
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Said The
daily record of tips shall constitute prima facie
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proof of the amount of tips received by such
an the
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employee. Proof of a customary tipping percentage of sales
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or service shall also be an admissible form of proof of the
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amount of tips. A "tip" employee is one who customarily and
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regularly receives more than twenty dollars
($20.00) thirty
8 dollars ($30.00) a month in
tips.
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10 (c) In lieu of the rate prescribed in subsection (a)
11 of
this section, any employer may pay any employee who has
12 not attained the age of twenty (20) years a wage which is
13 not less than four dollars and twenty-five cents ($4.25)
14 per hour during the first ninety (90) consecutive days
15 after the employee is initially employed by the employer.
16 No employer may take any action to displace employees,
17 including partial displacements such as reduction in hours,
18 wages or employment benefits for purposes of hiring
19 individuals at the wage authorized in this subsection.
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21 Section 2. W.S. 27-4-201(a)(iv)(F) and (J) is
22 repealed.
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1 Section 3. This act is effective April 1, 2001.
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3 (END)
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