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S 797 99th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Children and youth Employment and training programs Manpower training programs Minimum wages Seasonal labor Standards Summer employment Wages Youth employment

Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1985

Introduced: March 28, 1985 See on congress.gov
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May 22, 1985
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-347.
Mar 28, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Mar 28, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1985 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to pay employees under 20 years of age 75 percent of the minimum wage rate between May and September of each year. Exempts such employees from special certificate requirements. Restricts such authorization to: (1) hours worked by eligible employees in compliance with applicable child labor laws; and (2) youth employed after May 1 of each year.

Prohibits the removal of employees ineligible for the subminimum wage rate in order to replace them with employees who are eligible.

Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to monitor the implementation of this Act and to report to the Congress concerning the employment effects of this Act.

Terminates such minimum wage rate exception after September 30, 1987.

What's happening now May 22, 1985

Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-347.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2