PRINTER'S NO. 72

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No. 72 Session of 1989

        INTRODUCED BY BELL, JANUARY 23, 1989

        REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 23, 1989

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled
     2     "An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates
     3     for employes, with certain exceptions; providing for minimum
     4     rates for learners and apprentices; creating a Minimum Wage
     5     Advisory Board and defining its powers and duties; conferring
     6     powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Labor and
     7     Industry; imposing duties on employers; and providing
     8     penalties," increasing the minimum wage; and providing for
     9     annual increases based on the annual increase of the average
    10     cost of living in this Commonwealth.

    11     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    12  hereby enacts as follows:
    13     Section 1.  Section 4(a) of the act of January 17, 1968
    14  (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, amended
    15  December 15, 1988 (P.L.    , No.    ), is amended and the
    16  section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
    17     Section 4.  Minimum Wages.--Except as may otherwise be
    18  provided under this act:
    19     (a)  Every employer shall pay to each of his employes wages
    20  for all hours worked at a rate of not less than:
    21     (1)  Two dollars sixty-five cents ($2.65) an hour upon the

     1  effective date of this amendment.
     2     (2)  Two dollars ninety cents ($2.90) an hour during the year
     3  beginning January 1, 1979.
     4     (3)  Three dollars ten cents ($3.10) an hour during the year
     5  beginning January 1, 1980.
     6     (4)  Three dollars thirty-five cents ($3.35) an hour after
     7  December 31, 1980.
     8     (5)  Three dollars seventy cents ($3.70) an hour beginning
     9  February 1, 1989[, and thereafter].
    10     (6)  Four dollars twenty-five cents ($4.25) an hour beginning
    11  July 1, 1989.
    12     * * *
    13     (a.2)  On or before July 1 of each year, beginning January 1,
    14  1990, the minimum wage shall be increased by the percentage of
    15  annual increase in the average cost of living for this
    16  Commonwealth, as determined by the United States Department of
    17  Labor.
    18     * * *
    19     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.








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