HB 7084 Summary

• Eliminates the tip credit provision that allowed employers to count gratuities toward minimum wage requirements for hotel, restaurant, and bartender employees, effective October 1, 2017.

• Removes the training wage exemption that previously allowed employers to pay learners and persons under 18 years old 85% of minimum wage for their first 200 hours of employment.

• Establishes minimum wage at $10.10 per hour as of January 1, 2017, or one-half of one percent more than the highest federal minimum wage (whichever is greater), with automatic increases tied to federal minimum wage increases.

• Requires the Labor Commissioner to update regulations defining executive, administrative, and professional employee exemptions every four years, with salary basis compensation rates determined by the Commissioner.

• Revises the definition of "fair wage" to consider hours, conditions of employment, health, safety, and general well-being of workers when establishing minimum wage standards.