‘Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2007, c. 22, §1, is repealed.
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First Special Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF |
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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2007, c. 22, §1, is repealed.
Amend the bill in section 4 by striking out all of subsection 1 and inserting the following:
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 5.
Amend the bill by inserting before the summary the following:
‘Sec. 10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
Administration - Bureau of Labor Standards 0158
Initiative: Appropriates ongoing funds for one Labor and Safety Inspector position and related All Other to provide additional support for the expected increase in the number of inspections and investigations associated with the removal of several major exemptions from the minimum wage and overtime provisions.
GENERAL FUND | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT
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0.000 | 1.000 | |
Personal Services
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$0 | $49,837 | |
All Other
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$0 | $5,000 | |
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $0 | $54,837 |
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
summary
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, does the following.
1. It lessens the increase in the minimum wage proposed in the bill. Rather than raising the minimum wage to $7.70 per hour in 2008 and to $8.40 per hour in 2009, the amendment raises the minimum wage to $7.35 per hour in 2008, to $7.70 per hour in 2009 and to $8.00 per hour in 2010.
2. It amends the date to begin the calculation of the adjusted minimum wage rate using the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, CPI-W, from September 30, 2009 to September 30, 2010.
3. It removes the bill’s proposed changes to the tip credit an employer may consider as part of the wages of a service employee.