SB185 Alabama 2016 Session

Currently, Alabama does not have a state minimum wage law but the federal minimum wage is $7.15 per hour

This bill would propose a constitutional amendment to establish a state minimum wage of $10 per hour by increasing the existing federal rate in three steps ending January 1, 2018

This bill would provide that tipped employees' wages may not fall below 30 percent of the minimum wage

The bill would provide for an increase of the minimum wage commencing on January 1, 2021, and every three years thereafter based on the Consumer Price Index for the July 1st of the year preceding the year of the increase

The bill would require the Director of Finance 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

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

Relating to wages; proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to establish a state minimum wage and to provide for an increase based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index for Alabama as reported by the United States Department of Labor; to provide for tipped employees; to provide that the Consumer Price Index for the July 1st preceding the year of the increase; to require the Director of Finance to notify the Alabama Department of Labor in writing between October 1 and October 15 every three fiscal years of the percentage to be used for the cost-of-living adjustment for the next three calendar years; and to 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.