HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

AMENDMENT TO:			S.B. No. 2609, S.D. 1, H.D. 2
OFFERED BY:
DATE:

 

 

     SECTION 1.  Senate Bill No. 2609, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, is amended by amending Section 1 to read as follows:

 

     "SECTION 1.  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; [and]

     (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)  $10.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2018.

     [The] (b)  Prior to January 1, 2015, 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 25 cents 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.

     (c)  Beginning January 1, 2015, 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 the greater of:

     (1)  $3.00; or

     (2)  An amount equal to thirty per cent of the applicable minimum wage rate established pursuant to subsection (a) rounded to the nearest five cents,

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 $3.00 more than the applicable minimum wage.""

 

 

 

 

 

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