Title: Amends Minimum Wage for Employees Receiving Gratuities
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends the minimum wage for an employee receiving gratuities.
Highlights:
Requires an employer to pay an “employee receiving gratuities” one of the following wages (Sec. 1):
At least $8 per hour, if the sum of the wage and gratuities averages at least $12 per hour; or
The applicable minimum wage, if the employee does not earn sufficient gratuities so that the sum averages least $12 per hour.
Defines “employee receiving gratuities” as an employee who “customarily and regularly” receives at least $30 per month in gratuities (Sec. 1).
Requires an employer to provide a potential employee who may receive gratuities with a written copy of the wages required by the provisions of this bill (Sec. 1).
Requires an employer to pay all employees the applicable minimum wage if the Minnesota Department of Human Rights makes at least 3 probable cause determinations of sexual harassment regarding the employer (Sec. 1).
Requires an employee to receive the full amount of a gratuity given through a debit, charge, or credit card (Sec. 2).
Repeals lower minimum wage requirements for foreign employees with a summer work visa who are given provisions for room and board at a “resort”, “hotel or motel”, or “lodging establishment” (Sec. 1).