A bill to offset the job loss by youth that accompanies an increase in the minimum wage, and to encourage youth employment generally by establishing a six-month entry wage period at 85 percent of the regular minimum wage for youths under the age of 19; to simplify the currently underutilized student rate provisions in order to facilitate their use and make them consistent with the youth opportunity wage.
Amends provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act which permit hiring full-time students at less than the minimum wage to, among other revisions, (1) repeal the requirement that an employee obtain prior certification and (2) include youths under 19 during their first 180 days of employment.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.
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