H.R. 8555

Living Wage For All Act

Sponsor: Delia C. Ramirez

34 cosponsors
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Sec. 7. Youth workers

(a) Base minimum wage for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old. Section 6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)) is amended by striking a wage which is not less than $4.25 an hour. and inserting the following:

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a wage at a rate that is not less than—

(A) for the 1-year period beginning on the effective date under section 11 of the Living Wage For All Act, $6.00 an hour;

(B) for each succeeding 1-year period until the hourly wage under this paragraph equals the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such period, an hourly wage equal to the amount determined under this paragraph for the preceding year, increased by the lesser of—

(i) $1.75; or

(ii) the amount necessary for the wage in effect under this paragraph to equal the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) for such period; and

(C) for each succeeding 1-year period after the increase made pursuant to subparagraph (B)(ii), the minimum wage in effect under section 6(a)(1).

(b) Scheduled repeal of separate minimum wage for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old

(1) In general. Section 6(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)), as amended by subsection (a), shall be repealed.

(2) Publication of notice. Subsection (i) of section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), as added by section 8 of the Living Wage For All Act, is amended by striking or subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (g)(1) and inserting or subsection (g)(1).

(3) Effective date. The repeal and amendment made by paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, shall take effect on the date that is 1 day after the date on which the hourly wage under section 6(g)(1) equals the minimum wage in effect under section 6(a)(1).