HR 631 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 631CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

February 10, 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Ms. EDWARDS (for herself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. TONKO, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LEE of California, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the WorkforceCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act’ or ‘WAGES Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.

Section 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)) is amended by adding before the semicolon the following: ‘, except that, for purposes of this paragraph, the cash wage paid such employee shall be not less than--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the date of enactment of the Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) $5.00 an hour beginning 1 year after the date on which the change required by subparagraph (A) takes effect; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) beginning 2 years after the date on which the change required by subparagraph (A) takes effect and adjusted as necessary thereafter, 70 percent of the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) but in no case less than $5.50 an hour.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.

Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(h) Not later than 10 days prior to the effective date of any increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees in accordance with section 3(m)(1), the Secretary shall publish (in the Federal Register and on the Internet website of the Department of Labor) a notice announcing the adjusted required wage.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink