PENNSYLVANIA, May 3 - PRINTER'S NO. 696

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

625

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, COSTA, KANE, COLLETT AND SANTARSIERO,

MAY 3, 2021

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MAY 3, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled

"An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates

for employes, with certain exceptions; providing for minimum

rates for learners and apprentices; creating a Minimum Wage

Advisory Board and defining its powers and duties; conferring

powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Labor and

Industry; imposing duties on employers; and providing

penalties," further providing for minimum wages.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4(a) of the act of January 17, 1968

(P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, is

amended by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 4. Minimum Wages.--Except as may otherwise be

provided under this act:

(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employes

wages for all hours worked at a rate of not less than:

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(9) Twelve dollars ($12) an hour beginning July 1, 2021. The

following shall apply:

(i) Beginning July 1, 2022, and each succeeding July 1

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