Requires small employers with one to fifty (1-50) employees and large employers with fifty (50) or more employees to pay overtime wages to exempt workers if their salary exceeds varying multipliers of minimum wage for a forty (40) hour workweek.
Impact
If passed, S0589 would significantly modify existing funding formulas, potentially redistributing state education funds to ensure they align more closely with the needs of various school districts. This could result in an influx of resources for many struggling schools, aimed at improving teacher salaries, hiring additional staff, and enhancing student support services. However, this shift in allocation might draw criticism from more affluent districts that fear a reduction in their funding, as their resources could potentially be redirected to support lesser-funded schools.
Summary
S0589 is a proposed legislative bill focused on enhancing educational funding to address disparities in school resources across the state. The bill aims to allocate additional financial support to underfunded school districts, ensuring that all students have access to quality education regardless of their geographic location. By doing so, the legislation seeks to create a more equitable educational landscape, providing necessary resources for both students and educators in areas that are traditionally overlooked. The emphasis is not only on increasing funding but also on improving the overall quality of education through better resources and support systems.
Contention
The bill has generated varied reactions among legislators and stakeholders in the education sector. Proponents argue that the enhanced focus on equitable funding is essential for closing the achievement gap between affluent and low-income schools, bolstering the educational achievements of students in underserved areas. However, critics express concerns about the implications for higher-income districts, indicating that such reallocation could lead to budgetary shortfalls affecting advanced placement programs and extracurricular activities. Striking a balance between equitable funding and preserving resources for higher-performing schools remains a point of contention in discussions surrounding S0589.
Repeals the law that allowed employers to pay some of their minor employees and employees who are full time students and not attained the age of nineteen (19), less than minimum hourly wages, requiring them to be paid a minimum hourly wage.
Amends the definition of "small employer" for purposes of the small employer health insurance availability act to mean a business employing less than one hundred (100) employees rather than fifty (50) employees.
Mandates that the work week be reduced to thirty-two hours and rate of pay for a thirty-two (32) hour workweek would remain the same as the rate of pay for forty hours.
Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.
Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.
Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.
Increases the taxable wage base upon which employees make contributions to the TDI and TCI funds, increases individual benefit rates, and creates an opt-in option for self-employed workers.
Requires employers to provide each employee of a warehouse distribution center, upon hire, with written description of quotas applicable to the employee within defined time periods and adverse employment action for failure to meet the quota.
Requires employer to furnish items and conditions of employment and a pay stub explaining how wages were calculated/reasons for deductions/allows the employee to file a court action against employer for violation.