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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to income.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The purpose of this Act is to increase the income of tipped workers by gradually phasing out the tip credit so that all employers shall be required to pay all employees at least the minimum wage.
SECTION 2. Section 387-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) 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:
(1) 25 cents;
(2) 50 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2015;
(3) 75 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2016;
(4) $1.00 per hour beginning October 1, 2022;
[(5) $1.25 per hour beginning January 1,
2024; and
(6) $1.50 per hour beginning January 1,
2028,]
(5) 75 cents per hour beginning
October 1, 2023;
(6) 50 cents per hour beginning January
1, 2025;
(7) 25 cents per hour beginning January
1, 2027; and
(8) 0 cents per hour beginning January
1, 2029,
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; provided that beginning January 1,
2015, the combined amount the employee receives from the employee's employer
and in tips is at least] $7.00 more than the applicable minimum wage."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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