<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Statutes 2012, section 177.24, subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Amount.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the terms defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>this paragraph have the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>(1) "Large employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>made or business done is not less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>level that are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(2) "Small employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>or business done is less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>177.21
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref>, every large employer <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>must pay each employee wages at a rate of at least $5.15 an hour beginning September <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>1, 1997, and at a rate of at least $6.15 $7.25 an hour beginning August 1, 2005 2013, at <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>a rate of at least $7.50 beginning August 1, 2014, and at a rate of at least $7.75 an hour <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>beginning August 1, 2015. Every small employer must pay each employee at a rate of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>at least $4.90 an hour beginning January 1, 1998, and at a rate of at least $5.25 an hour <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>beginning August 1, 2005.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), during the first 90 consecutive days of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>employment, an employer may pay an employee under the age of 20 years a wage of $4.90<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var> $5.15 an hour. No employer may take any action to displace any employee, including a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>partial displacement through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits, in order <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>to hire an employee at the wage authorized in this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a large employer must, beginning August 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>2013, except if eligible to pay the wage under paragraph (c), pay each employee under the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>age of 18, wages at a rate of at least $7.25 an hour.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a large employer that is a long-term care provider <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>licensed under chapter 245A must pay employees who are allowed to sleep for all or part <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>of a shift the federal minimum wage set in United States Code, title 29, section 206, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>for all sleep hours.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2013.<br/>