HB 2830 - DIGEST

Establishes the employment opportunity act.

Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to establish procedures for the issuance of special training certificates to employers to pay wages to new employees during a training period at seventy-five percent of the state's minimum wage or the federal minimum wage rate, whichever is greater.

Allows only employers licensed to operate as a restaurant or grocery store to use the special training certificate.