HF 2471

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; increasing the minimum wage; 
  1.3             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 177.24, 
  1.4             subdivision 1. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 177.24, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNT.] (a) For purposes of this 
  1.9   subdivision, the terms defined in this paragraph have the 
  1.10  meanings given them.  
  1.11     (1) "Large employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross 
  1.12  volume of sales made or business done is not less than 
  1.13  $362,500 $500,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level 
  1.14  that are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota fair 
  1.15  labor standards act, sections 177.21 to 177.35. 
  1.16     (2) "Small employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross 
  1.17  volume of sales made or business done is less 
  1.18  than $362,500 $500,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail 
  1.19  level that are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota 
  1.20  fair labor standards act, sections 177.21 to 177.35.  
  1.21     (3) "Consumer Price Index" means the consumer price index 
  1.22  for urban consumers, Minneapolis-St. Paul, CPI-U, published by 
  1.23  the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 
  1.24  Statistics.  
  1.25     (b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 177.21 to 
  2.1   177.35, every large employer must pay each employee wages at a 
  2.2   rate of at least $4.25 an hour beginning January 1, 1991, at 
  2.3   least $5 an hour beginning October 1, 1996, and at least $5.50 
  2.4   an hour beginning October 1, 1997.  Every small employer must 
  2.5   pay each employee at a rate of at least $4 an hour beginning 
  2.6   January 1, 1991, at least $4.75 an hour beginning October 1, 
  2.7   1996, and at least $5.25 an hour beginning October 1, 1997.  On 
  2.8   October 1, 1998, and each succeeding October 1, the minimum wage 
  2.9   paid by large and small employers must be adjusted by the same 
  2.10  percentage as the annual change in the Consumer Price Index for 
  2.11  the immediately preceding calendar year.  The minimum wage may 
  2.12  be reduced by 50 cents per hour if the employer spends the 
  2.13  entire amount reduced from wages on providing a health insurance 
  2.14  benefit to the employee.  Employers paying less than the full 
  2.15  minimum wage under this provision shall provide the commissioner 
  2.16  of labor and industry with proof that a health insurance policy 
  2.17  is in force. 
  2.18     (c) A large employer must pay each employee at a rate of at 
  2.19  least the minimum wage set by this section or federal law 
  2.20  without the reduction for training wage or full-time student 
  2.21  status allowed under federal law.