3.0.0 1832 2023-01-11T13:30:04Z 2023-01-11T13:30:04Z Senate S 2015-07-22 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-22T19:26:01Z Pay Workers a Living Wage Act 114 3164 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS 2015-07-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-07-22 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-07-23 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-07-29 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-09-08 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-12-02 False Labor and Employment Government information and archives Labor standards Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor Labor and Employment 00 2015-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-24T16:29:19Z 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 Secretary 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 who is less than 20 years old, during the first 90 consecutive days after that employee's initial employment, a wage at a rate that is not less than the rate prescribed for employees who are engaged in commerce, reduced by $3.00 per hour.

The Secretary must publish the amount of any 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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