1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to labor; providing an increase to minimum wages; amending Minnesota
1.3 Statutes 2024, section 177.24, subdivision 1.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 177.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1.Amount.(a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 177.21 to 177.35,
1.7every employer must pay each employee wages at a rate of at least:
1.8 (1) $8.00 $15.00 per hour beginning August 1, 2014 2025;
1.9 (2) $9.00 $16.25 per hour beginning August 1, 2015 2026;
1.10 (3) $9.50 $17.50 per hour beginning August 1, 2016 2027; and
1.11 (4) $18.75 per hour beginning August 1, 2028;
1.12 (5) $20.00 per hour beginning August 1, 2029; and
1.13 (4) (6) the rate established under paragraph (c) beginning January 1, 2018 2030.
1.14 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), during the first 90 consecutive days of employment,
1.15an employer may pay an employee under the age of 20 years a wage of at least:
1.16 (1) $6.50 $13.00 per hour beginning August 1, 2014 2025;
1.17 (2) $7.25 $14.25 per hour beginning August 1, 2015 2026;
1.18 (3) $7.75 $15.50 per hour beginning August 1, 2016 2027; and
1.19 (4) $16.75 per hour beginning August 1, 2028;
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 671NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MOHAMED and Oumou Verbeten)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading01/27/2025
Referred to Labor 2.1 (5) $18.00 per hour beginning August 1, 2029; and
2.2 (4) (6) the rate established under paragraph (c) beginning January 1, 2018 2030.
2.3No employer may take any action to displace an employee, including a partial displacement
2.4through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits, in order to hire an employee
2.5at the wage authorized in this paragraph.
2.6 (c) No later than August 31 of each year, the commissioner shall determine the percentage
2.7increase in the rate of inflation, as measured by the implicit price deflator, national data for
2.8personal consumption expenditures as determined by the United States Department of
2.9Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis during the 12-month period immediately preceding
2.10that August or, if that data is unavailable, during the most recent 12-month period for which
2.11data is available. The minimum wage rates in paragraphs (a) and (b) are increased by the
2.12lesser of: (1) five percent, rounded to the nearest cent; or (2) the percentage calculated by
2.13the commissioner, rounded to the nearest cent. A minimum wage rate shall not be reduced
2.14under this paragraph. The new minimum wage rates determined under this paragraph take
2.15effect on the next January 1.
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