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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to employment; increasing the minimum wage; requiring notice to new <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>employees;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.24, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>by adding a subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</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.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Amount.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the terms defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>this paragraph have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) "Large employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>made or business done is not less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>level that are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>177.21</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) "Small employer" means an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>or business done is less than $625,000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>are separately stated) and covered by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>177.21
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.35</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>must pay each employee wages at a rate of at least ~~$5.15 an hour beginning September~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>~~1, 1997, and at a rate of at least $6.15 an hour~~  ~~beginning August 1, 2005~~ $6.75 an hour <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>effective July 24, 2008, and at a rate of at least $7.50 an hour effective July 24, 2009. <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>Every small employer must pay each employee at a rate of at least ~~$4.90 an hour beginning~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>~~January 1, 1998, and at a rate of at least $5.25 an hour~~  ~~beginning August 1, 2005~~ $5.75 an <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>hour effective July 24, 2008, and at a rate of at least $6.75 an hour effective July 24, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), during the first 90 consecutive days of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>employment, an employer may pay an employee under the age of ~~20~~ 18 years a wage at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>rate of ~~$4.90~~ at least $5.35 an hour effective July 24, 2008, and at a rate of at least $5.75 an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>hour effective July 24, 2009. No employer may take any action to displace any employee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>including a partial displacement through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>benefits, in order to hire an employee at the wage authorized in this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 177.24, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Notice.</b> An employer who pays a new employee the current state minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>wage under subdivision 1 must provide a written statement accompanying the first two <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>paychecks of the employee or on the first two paydays of the employee if the employee is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>paid by electronic transfer. The written statement must be in at least 10-point font and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>must include the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the applicable state or federal minimum wage rate required by law; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) contact information for the Department of Labor and Industry for the reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>of possible minimum wage violations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 24, 2008.<br />
         		
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