SB295 Alabama 2014 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Compensation, Alabama Minimum Wage Act, set state minimum wage for hourly and tipped employees, Commissioner of Labor to enforce, establish civil penalties

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Currently, Alabama does not have a state minimum wage law</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill establishes a state minimum wage for Alabama; provides for the enforcement of this act by the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Labor; and also provides for civil penalties for violating the provisions of this act</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that tipped employees' wages may not fall below 30 percent of the minimum wage at any time</p><p class="bill_description"> The bill would provide for an increase commencing on January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter based on the Consumer Price Index for July 1 of the year preceding the year of the increase</p><p class="bill_description"> The bill would require the State Finance Director to notify the Alabama Department of Labor in writing between October 1 and October 15 each year preceding a wage adjustment of the percentage to be used for the cost-of-living adjustment for the next three calendar years</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require the Alabama Department of Labor to post any change in the state minimum wage on its website which shall serve as notice to each employer of this state</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To establish the Alabama Minimum Wage Act; to set the state minimum wage for hourly and tipped employees; to provide that the Commissioner of Labor shall enforce this act; to establish civil penalties for violating the provisions of this act; and to provide for an increase commencing on January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter based on the Consumer Price Index for July 1 of the year preceding the year of the increase. </p>

Subjects

Compensation