HB 560 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
06/04
HOUSE BILL 560
AN ACT increasing the minimum wage.
SPONSORS: Rep. Brunelle, Hills 10; Rep. Rokas, Hills 12; Rep. Gile, Merr 10; Rep. Benn, Graf 9; Rep. Grassie, Straf 1; Rep. Horrigan, Straf 7; Rep. Pierce, Graf 9
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
This bill increases the minimum hourly wage.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0239
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT increasing the minimum wage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Minimum Hourly Rate. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 to read as follows:
Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended, or as follows, whichever is higher:
Date Hourly Rate
On and after September 1, 1997 $5.15
On and after September 1, 2007 $6.50
On and after September 1, 2008 $7.25
On and after September 1, 2011 $8.00
Tipped employees of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn or cabin, who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than 45 percent of the applicable minimum wage. Restaurant shall include an establishment in a temporary or permanent building, kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public to be a place where meals are regularly prepared or served for which a charge is made and where seating and table service is available for customers or where delivery services are available. The term does not include establishments which do not primarily prepare and serve food. Tipped employees shall also include employees who deliver meals prepared in a restaurant to the customer’s home, office, or other location. If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal the minimum wage for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the applicable minimum wage. The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
2 Minimum Hourly Rate; Version Effective December 31, 2011. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 to read as follows:
Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended, or as follows, whichever is higher:
Date Hourly Rate
On and after September 1, 1997 $5.15
On and after September 1, 2007 $6.50
On and after September 1, 2008 $7.25
On and after September 1, 2011 $8.00
Tipped employees of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn or cabin, who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than 45 percent of the applicable minimum wage. If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal the minimum wage for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the applicable minimum wage. The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.