Bill Text - SB412 (2016)

Establishing a minimum wage.


Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight

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SB 412  - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

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SENATE BILL\t412

 

AN ACT\testablishing a minimum wage.

 

SPONSORS:\tSen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

 

COMMITTEE:\tFinance

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill establishes a state minimum hourly wage.

 

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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\testablishing a minimum wage.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

\t1  Minimum Hourly Rate.  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 $12 or 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.  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:

\t2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.