Vote to pass a bill that increases the minimum hourly wage, effective January 1, 2013.
Highlights:
Increases the minimum hourly wage as follows (Sec. 1):
From $8.25 to $8.50 per hour, beginning January 1, 2013; and
From $8.50 to $8.75 per hour, beginning January 1, 2014.
Increases gratuities for individuals in the hotel and restaurant industry, other than bartenders, from 31 percent of the minimum hourly wage to the following (Sec. 2):
31.76 percent, beginning January 1, 2013;
33.71 percent, beginning January 1, 2014; and
31 percent, beginning January 1, 2015.
Increases gratuities for individuals that are bartenders from 11 percent of the minimum hourly wage to the following (Sec. 2):