HB 1346 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2458
\t06/01
HOUSE BILL\t1346
AN ACT\trelative to minimum wage for tipped employees.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Cilley, Straf. 4; Rep. C. Chase, Ches. 8; Rep. Ratzki, Merr. 1; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. Cahill, Rock. 17; Rep. R. Walsh, Hills. 11; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE:\tLabor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill increases the minimum hourly rate for tipped employees.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2458
\t06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to minimum wage for tipped employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Minimum Hourly Rate for Tipped Employees. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 to read as follows:
\t279:21 Minimum Hourly Rate. 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. Tipped employees of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn or cabin, or ballroom 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] $3.27. The base rate shall increase by $1 per hour commencing January 1, 2017, $1 per hour commencing January 1, 2018, $1 per hour commencing January 1, 2019, and shall equal the federal minimum wage commencing January 1, 2020. 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. Tips received by employees shall be in addition to, and not a component of, the minimum hourly wage. The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.