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Pay Workers a Living Wage Act

3164

114th Congress

Labor and Employment

In Committee

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

July 22, 2015

Latest Action

November 16, 2015

Primary Sponsor

Keith EllisonDemocratic(MN)

Momentum (last 30 days)

score

0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

84pct

117d open

vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d

Summary

Pay Workers a Living Wage Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $9.00 an hour on January 1, 2016, or, if later, on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act; (2) $10.50 an hour after one year; (3) $12.00 an hour after two years; (4) $13.50 an hour after three years; (5) $15.00 an hour after four years; and (6) the amount the Department of Labor determines (based on increases in the median hourly wage of all employees) after five years, and annually thereafter. The federal minimum wage for tipped employees shall increase to $3.15 an hour for one year on January 1, 2016, or the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act, whichever is later. Subsequent annual adjustments of the wage increase, according to a specified formula, shall ensure that it remains equal to the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees. Employers must notify their employees of the right to retain any received tips. The separate minimum wage requirements for tipped employees shall end, effective one day after the hourly wage established for them under this Act takes effect. Any employer may pay any newly hired employee under age 20, during the first 90 consecutive days after initial employment, a wage at a rate (currently $4.25 per hour) that is not less than the standard minimum rate, reduced by $3.00 per hour. The Secretary must publish the amount of any upwardly adjusted required wage in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website 60 days before it takes effect.

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

H.R. 30 (Save American Workers Act of 2015), S. 30 (Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015), S. 1150 (Raise the Wage Act), H.R. 2150 (Raise the Wage Act), S. 2015 (Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act), H.R. 3459 (Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act), S. 1832 (Pay Workers a Living Wage Act), H.R. 3164 (Pay Workers a Living Wage Act), S. 2707 (Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act), H.R. 4773 (Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act), joint employer and overtime regulations, H.R. 6094 (Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act), S. 3462 (Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools and Nonprofits Act), H.R. 5813 (Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act)