PRINTER'S NO. 873
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
15
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY RABB, BENHAM, GUZMAN, HILL-EVANS, INNAMORATO,
KINKEAD, KRAJEWSKI, LEE, OTTEN, WEBSTER, N. NELSON,
HOHENSTEIN, GALLOWAY, ZABEL, FIEDLER, GUENST, SANCHEZ, DALEY,
D. WILLIAMS, A. DAVIS, SCHLOSSBERG, CIRESI, SCHWEYER, ROZZI,
DELLOSO, MALAGARI, WARREN, SIMS, BULLOCK, McCLINTON, MADDEN,
HOWARD AND ISAACSON, MARCH 15, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 15, 2021
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 definitions and for minimum
wages; providing for gratuities; further providing for
enforcement and rules and regulations, for penalties and for
civil actions; repealing provisions relating to preemption;
and providing for taxpayer savings and reinvestment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3(d), (g) and (h) of the act of January
17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968,
are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
Section 3. Definitions.--As used in this act:
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(d) "Wages" mean compensation due to any employe by reason
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