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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6078 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002470 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representative David P. Morales |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 03, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House Labor |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 28-12-3. Minimum wages. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees: commencing July 1, 1999, 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty-five cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five cents 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ($6.75) per hour. 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents ($7.10) 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | per hour. 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (d) Commencing January 1, 2007, the minimum wage is seven dollars and forty cents 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ($7.40) per hour. 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (e) Commencing January 1, 2013, the minimum wage is seven dollars and seventy-five 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | cents ($7.75) per hour. 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (f) Commencing January 1, 2014, the minimum wage is eight dollars ($8.00) per hour. 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (g) Commencing January 1, 2015, the minimum wage is nine dollars ($9.00) per hour. 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (h) Commencing January 1, 2016, the minimum wage is nine dollars and sixty cents ($9.60) 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | per hour. 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) Commencing January 1, 2018, the minimum wage is ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10) 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LC002470 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | per hour. 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (j) Commencing January 1, 2019, the minimum wage is ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | per hour. 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (k) Commencing October 1, 2020, the minimum wage is eleven dollars and fifty cents 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ($11.50) per hour. 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (l) Commencing January 1, 2022, the minimum wage is twelve dollars and twenty-five 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | cents ($12.25) per hour. 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (m) Commencing January 1, 2023, the minimum wage is thirteen dollars ($13.00) per hour. 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (n) Commencing January 1, 2024, the minimum wage is fourteen dollars ($14.00) per hour. 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (o) Commencing January 1, 2025, the minimum wage is fifteen dollars ($15.00) fifteen 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | dollars and fifty cents ($15.50) per hour. 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (p) Commencing January 1, 2026, the minimum wage is seventeen dollars ($17.00) per 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | hour. 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (q) Commencing January 1, 2027, the minimum wage is eighteen dollars and fifty cents 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ($18.50) per hour. 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (r) Commencing January 1, 2028, the minimum wage is twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour. 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (s) Commencing January 1, 2029, and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage shall 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | be adjusted by the increase, if any, in the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living shall be 18 |
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| 62 | 62 | | measured by the percentage increase, if any, as of August of the previous year over the level as of 19 |
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| 63 | 63 | | August of the year preceding that year in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-20 |
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| 64 | 64 | | U), as published by the United States Department of Labor Statistics or its successor agency, with 21 |
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| 65 | 65 | | the amount of the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents ($.05). 22 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 23 |
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| 68 | 68 | | LC002470 |
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| 73 | 73 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 74 | 74 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 75 | 75 | | OF |
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| 76 | 76 | | A N A C T |
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| 77 | 77 | | RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES |
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| 78 | 78 | | *** |
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| 79 | 79 | | This act would raise the minimum wage for the years 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 to fifteen 1 |
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| 80 | 80 | | dollars and fifty cents ($15.50), seventeen dollars ($17.00), eighteen dollars and fifty cents 2 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ($18.50), and twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour, respectively. 3 |
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| 82 | 82 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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| 84 | 84 | | LC002470 |
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