House Bill 1047 Summary

• Establishes Mississippi state minimum wage at $10.00 per hour, effective July 1, 2020.

• Exempts employers with tipped employees from minimum wage requirement; tipped employees must receive minimum of $3.62 per hour.

• Requires overtime compensation at 1.5 times the regular rate for employees earning $455.00 or less per week, and mandates overtime protections for manual laborers, blue collar workers, law enforcement, and certain other employee categories regardless of salary.

• Prohibits counties and municipalities from establishing their own minimum wage or mandatory vacation/sick leave requirements, reserving such decisions for state legislature.

• Brings forward multiple existing code sections related to state auditor internship programs, election administration, school employee leave policies, and other wage-related matters for potential amendment.