House Bill 5 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 regular rate for employees earning $455.00 or less per week, and mandates overtime for manual laborers, law enforcement, and certain other employee categories regardless of salary.

• Prohibits counties and municipalities from establishing mandatory minimum wage or minimum paid leave requirements, reserving such authority for the Mississippi Legislature.

• Brings forward nine existing code sections for possible amendment, including provisions on accounting internships, election training compensation, school employee leave policies, and human trafficking definitions.