Hawaii 2022 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HB600 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 600 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the minimum wage. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 600
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	relating to the minimum wage.
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43	43	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47	47	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii's minimum wage should be increased to meet workers' basic needs. According to the department of business, economic development, and tourism, a single adult required an income of $32,957 to achieve self-sufficiency in Hawaii in 2016, while a single parent with one child required $56,157. Yet at the current statewide minimum wage rate of $10.10 per hour, a full-time employee earns only $21,008 annually. Moreover, the National Low Income Housing Coalition's Out of Reach 2018 report estimates that a minimum wage worker would have to work 109 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom rental home at local fair market rent. The legislature further finds that increasing the State's minimum wage will help Hawaii's economy by giving low wage workers greater purchasing power in Hawaii's marketplace. Additionally, according to the department of labor and industrial relations, in 2018 and the following four consecutive years of minimum wage increases, the State's unemployment level reached an all-time low of two per cent, demonstrating that increasing the minimum wage does not adversely impact statewide employment. The purpose of this Act is to support Hawaii's workforce by increasing the minimum wage rate in the State. SECTION 2. Section 387-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§387-2 Minimum wages. (a) Except as provided in section 387‑9 and this section, every employer shall pay to each employee employed by the employer, wages at the rate of not less than: (1) $6.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2003; (2) $6.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2006; (3) $7.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2007; (4) $7.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2015; (5) $8.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2016; (6) $9.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2017; [and] (7) $10.10 per hour beginning January 1, 2018[.]; (8) $11.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2022; (9) $13.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2023; (10) $14.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2024; (11) $16.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2025; and (12) $17.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2026. (b) [The hourly wage of a tipped employee may be deemed to be increased on account of tips if the employee is paid not less than: (1) 25 cents; (2) 50 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2015; and (3) 75 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2016, below the applicable minimum wage by the employee's employer and the combined amount the employee receives from the employee's employer and in tips is at least 50 cents more than the applicable minimum wage; provided that beginning January 1, 2015, the combined amount the employee receives from the employee's employer and in tips is at least $7.00 more than the applicable minimum wage.] Beginning on September 30, 2026, and each September 30 thereafter, the department shall calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate. The adjusted minimum wage rate shall be calculated to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu region consumer price index for all urban consumers for the twelve months prior to September 1 of each year as calculated by the United States Department of Labor; provided that if in any year the adjustment based on the Honolulu region consumer price index for all urban consumers would result in a lower minimum wage rate, the adjusted minimum wage rate shall remain the same as the minimum wage rate in effect for the year in which it is calculated. Each adjusted minimum wage rate calculated under this subsection shall take effect on January 1 following the calendar year in which the adjusted minimum wage rate is calculated; provided that if an increase in the adjusted minimum wage rate exceeds ten per cent of the minimum wage rate in effect for the year in which it is calculated, the adjusted minimum wage rate shall be increased by ten per cent of the minimum wage rate in effect for the year in which it is calculated." SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2021. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii's minimum wage should be increased to meet workers' basic needs. According to the department of business, economic development, and tourism, a single adult required an income of $32,957 to achieve self-sufficiency in Hawaii in 2016, while a single parent with one child required $56,157. Yet at the current statewide minimum wage rate of $10.10 per hour, a full-time employee earns only $21,008 annually. Moreover, the National Low Income Housing Coalition's Out of Reach 2018 report estimates that a minimum wage worker would have to work 109 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom rental home at local fair market rent.
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51	51	The legislature further finds that increasing the State's minimum wage will help Hawaii's economy by giving low wage workers greater purchasing power in Hawaii's marketplace. Additionally, according to the department of labor and industrial relations, in 2018 and the following four consecutive years of minimum wage increases, the State's unemployment level reached an all-time low of two per cent, demonstrating that increasing the minimum wage does not adversely impact statewide employment.
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53	53	The purpose of this Act is to support Hawaii's workforce by increasing the minimum wage rate in the State.
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55	55	SECTION 2. Section 387-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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57	57	"§387-2 Minimum wages. (a) Except as provided in section 387‑9 and this section, every employer shall pay to each employee employed by the employer, wages at the rate of not less than:
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59	59	(1) $6.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2003;
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61	61	(2) $6.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2006;
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63	63	(3) $7.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2007;
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65	65	(4) $7.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2015;
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67	67	(5) $8.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2016;
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69	69	(6) $9.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2017; [and]
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71	71	(7) $10.10 per hour beginning January 1, 2018[.];
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73	73	(8) $11.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2022;
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75	75	(9) $13.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2023;
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77	77	(10) $14.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2024;
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79	79	(11) $16.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2025; and
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81	81	(12) $17.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2026.
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83	83	(b) [The hourly wage of a tipped employee may be deemed to be increased on account of tips if the employee is paid not less than:
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85	85	(1) 25 cents;
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87	87	(2) 50 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2015; and
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89	89	(3) 75 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2016,
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91	91	below the applicable minimum wage by the employee's employer and the combined amount the employee receives from the employee's employer and in tips is at least 50 cents more than the applicable minimum wage; provided that beginning January 1, 2015, the combined amount the employee receives from the employee's employer and in tips is at least $7.00 more than the applicable minimum wage.] Beginning on September 30, 2026, and each September 30 thereafter, the department shall calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate. The adjusted minimum wage rate shall be calculated to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu region consumer price index for all urban consumers for the twelve months prior to September 1 of each year as calculated by the United States Department of Labor; provided that if in any year the adjustment based on the Honolulu region consumer price index for all urban consumers would result in a lower minimum wage rate, the adjusted minimum wage rate shall remain the same as the minimum wage rate in effect for the year in which it is calculated. Each adjusted minimum wage rate calculated under this subsection shall take effect on January 1 following the calendar year in which the adjusted minimum wage rate is calculated; provided that if an increase in the adjusted minimum wage rate exceeds ten per cent of the minimum wage rate in effect for the year in which it is calculated, the adjusted minimum wage rate shall be increased by ten per cent of the minimum wage rate in effect for the year in which it is calculated."
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93	93	SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
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95	95	SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2021.
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109	109	Report Title: Minimum Wage; Employment; Adjusted Minimum Wage Rate Description: Increases the minimum wage annually starting 1/1/2022. Beginning on September 30, 2026, and each year thereafter, requires the department of labor and industrial relations to calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu region consumer price index for all urban consumers, subject to certain conditions. Repeals the tip credit. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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117	117	Minimum Wage; Employment; Adjusted Minimum Wage Rate
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123	123	Increases the minimum wage annually starting 1/1/2022. Beginning on September 30, 2026, and each year thereafter, requires the department of labor and industrial relations to calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to the nearest five cents using the Honolulu region consumer price index for all urban consumers, subject to certain conditions. Repeals the tip credit.
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131	131	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.