PRINTER'S NO. 244
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
197
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN, HAYWOOD, TEPLITZ, FONTANA,
BREWSTER, FARNESE, HUGHES, BLAKE AND COSTA, JANUARY 28, 2015
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 28, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled
"An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates
for employes, with certain exceptions; providing for minimum
rates for learners and apprentices; creating a Minimum Wage
Advisory Board and defining its powers and duties; conferring
powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Labor and
Industry; imposing duties on employers; and providing
penalties," further providing for minimum wages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(a) of the act of January 17, 1968
(P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, amended
July 5, 2012 (P.L.987, No.109), is amended to read:
Section 4. Minimum Wages.--Except as may otherwise be
provided under this act:
(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employes
wages for all hours worked at a rate of not less than:
(1) Two dollars sixty-five cents ($2.65) an hour upon the
effective date of this amendment.
(2) Two dollars ninety cents ($2.90) an hour during the year
beginning January 1, 1979.
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