SB185 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Linda Coleman-Madison Senator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Wages, establish the Alabama Minimum Wage Act, to set the state minimum wage, provide for a cost of living increase, const. amend.

Description

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.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments