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1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 05/08/2013 08:24am
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A bill for an act
relating to employment; regulating the minimum wage; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2012, section 177.24, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 177.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Amount.
(a) For purposes of this subdivision, the terms defined in
this paragraph have the meanings given them.
(1) "Large employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales
made or business done is not less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail
level that are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act,
sections 177.21 to 177.35.
(2) "Small employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made
or business done is less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that
are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, sections
177.21 to 177.35.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 177.21 to 177.35, every large employer
must pay each employee wages at a rate of deleted text begin at least $5.15 an hour beginning September
1, 1997, and at a rate ofdeleted text end at least deleted text begin $6.15deleted text end new text begin $7.25 new text end an hour beginning August 1, deleted text begin 2005deleted text end new text begin 2013, at
a rate of at least $7.50 beginning August 1, 2014, and at a rate of at least $7.75 an hour
beginning August 1, 2015new text end . Every small employer must pay each employee at a rate of
at least deleted text begin $4.90 an hour beginning January 1, 1998, and at a rate of at leastdeleted text end $5.25 an hour
beginning August 1, 2005.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), during the first 90 consecutive days of
employment, an employer may pay an employee under the age of 20 years a wage of deleted text begin $4.90
deleted text end new text begin $5.15 new text end an hour. No employer may take any action to displace any employee, including a
partial displacement through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits, in order
to hire an employee at the wage authorized in this paragraph.
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(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a large employer must, beginning August 1,
2013, except if eligible to pay the wage under paragraph (c), pay each employee under the
age of 18, wages at a rate of at least $7.25 an hour.
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This section is effective August 1, 2013.
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