THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, AUMENT, BEAR, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GROVE, HELM, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, MAJOR AND SWANGER, AUGUST 22, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AUGUST 22, 2011  

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 exemptions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5(b) of the act of January 17, 1968

(P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, amended

July 9, 2006 (P.L.1077, No.112), is amended by adding a

paragraph to read:

Section 5.  Exemptions.--* * *

(b)  Employment in the following classifications shall be

exempt from the overtime provisions of this act:

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(8)  An employe of an air carrier subject to the provisions

of Title II of the Railway Labor Act (Public Law 69-257, 44

Stat. 577) when the hours worked by the employe in excess of

forty in a workweek are arranged through a voluntary agreement

among employes to trade scheduled work hours.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.