1471-S AMH LISK H2573.1

SHB 1471 - H AMD TO APP COMM AMD (H-2479.2/91)  229 Failed 3-18-91

By Representatives Lisk, Vance and Fuhrman

    On page 31, beginning on line 25 of the amendment, after "hour" strike all material through "years" on page 32, line 10, and insert "((.  The director shall by regulation establish the minimum wage for employees under the age of eighteen years)), except as may be otherwise authorized under this chapter.

(2) The director may, from time to time, review the minimum wage rate established in subsection (1) of this section and upon determining that the wage rate is not adequate for the maintenance of employees, may adopt by rule a new minimum wage, but in no case shall the minimum wage rate exceed the minimum wage rate established under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

(3) In lieu of the minimum wage rate established under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, an employer may pay an employee, for the first ninety days of employment with the employer, at a wage rate that is eighty-five percent of the wage rate applicable under subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

(4) For employees under the age of eighteen years, the minimum wage rate shall be eighty-five percent of the rate applicable to persons over the age of eighteen"