HR 4508
114th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Employment taxes
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Labor standards
Wages and earnings
Fair Wage Act
Introduced: February 9, 2016
Introduced by:
Norcross, Donald
Democratic
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Feb 9, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 9, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Fair Wage Act
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to:
- $8.00 an hour 30 days after this Act's enactment date or January 1, 2017, whichever date is earlier;
- $9.00 an hour, one year after the date the $8.00 an hour wage takes effect;
- $10.00 an hour, after two years;
- $11.00 an hour, after three years;
- $12.00 an hour, after four years;
- $13.00 an hour, after five years;
- $14.00 an hour, after six years;
- $15.00 an hour, after seven years; and
- the amount determined by the Department of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) eight years after such date and annually thereafter.
The bill directs Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on Labor's website.
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer who pays at least $1 more per hour than the federal minimum wage, but not more than $15 per hour, a credit against the employment tax equal to 6.2% of wages paid by such employer during the calendar year.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Committees of jurisdiction
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