Senate File 2040     



                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  COURTNEY

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act to increase the state minimum hourly wage.
     2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, and
  1  2 d, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  The state hourly wage shall be at least $6.20 as of April
  1  4 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008, $8.75 as of July 1,
  1  5 2012, and $10.00 as of January 1, 2013.
  1  6    b.  Every employer, as defined in the federal Fair Labor
  1  7 Standards Act of 1938, as amended to January 1, 2007 2012,
  1  8 shall pay to each of the employer's employees, as defined in
  1  9 the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended to
  1 10 January 1, 2007 2012, the state hourly wage stated in paragraph
  1 11 "a", or the current federal minimum wage, pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
  1 12 { 206, as amended, whichever is greater.
  1 13    d.  An employer is not required to pay an employee the
  1 14 applicable state hourly wage provided in paragraph "a" until
  1 15 the employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment
  1 16 with the employer. An employee who has completed ninety
  1 17 calendar days of employment with the employer prior to April
  1 18 1, 2007 July 1, 2012, or January 1, 2008 2013, shall earn the
  1 19 applicable state hourly minimum wage as of that date. An
  1 20 employer shall pay an employee who has not completed ninety
  1 21 calendar days of employment with the employer an hourly wage of
  1 22 at least $5.30 $7.85 as of April 1, 2007 July 1, 2012, and $6.35
  1 23  $9.10 as of January 1, 2008 2013.
  1 24    Sec. 2.  Section 91D.1, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2011,
  1 25 is amended to read as follows:
  1 26    a.  The exemptions from the minimum wage requirements stated
  1 27 in 29 U.S.C. { 213, as amended to January 1, 2007 2012, shall
  1 28 apply, except as otherwise provided in this subsection.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill increases the state minimum wage from $7.25 to
  1 31 $8.75 as of July 1, 2012, and to $10.00 as of January 1, 2013.
  1 32    Code section 91D.1(1)(d) provides that an employer is not
  1 33 required to pay an employee the applicable state hourly wage
  1 34 until the employee has completed 90 calendar days of employment
  1 35 with the employer.  The bill provides that an employee who has
  2  1 completed 90 calendar days of employment with the employer
  2  2 prior to July 1, 2012, or January 1, 2013, shall earn the
  2  3 applicable state hourly minimum wage as of that date.  The bill
  2  4 provides that an employer shall pay an employee who has not
  2  5 completed 90 calendar days of employment with the employer an
  2  6 hourly wage of at least $7.85 as of July 1, 2012, and $9.10 as
  2  7 of January 1, 2013.
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