PENNSYLVANIA, May 31 - "Wage" paid to any employe includes the reasonable cost, as

determined by the secretary, to the employer for furnishing such

employe with board, lodging, or other facilities, if such board,

lodging, or other facilities are customarily furnished by such

employer to his or her employes: Provided, That the cost of

board, lodging, or other facilities shall not be included as a

part of the wage paid to any employe to the extent it is

excluded therefrom under the terms of a bona fide collective-

bargaining agreement applicable to the particular employe:

Provided, further, That the secretary is authorized to determine

the fair value of such board, lodging, or other facilities for

defined classes of employes and in defined areas, based on

average cost to the employer or to groups of employers similarly

situated, or average value to groups of employes, or other

appropriate measures of fair value. Such evaluations, where

applicable and pertinent, shall be used in lieu of actual

measure of cost in determining the wage paid to any employe.

In determining the hourly wage an employer is required to pay

a tipped employe, the amount paid such employe by his or her

employer shall be an amount equal to: (i) the cash wage paid the

employe which for the purposes of the determination shall be not

less than forty percent of the cash wage required to be paid the

employe [on the date immediately prior to the effective date of

this subparagraph] under section 4; and (ii) an additional

amount on account of the tips received by the employe which is

equal to the difference between the wage specified in

subparagraph (i) and the wage in effect under section 4 of this

act. The additional amount on account of tips may not exceed the

value of tips actually received by the employe. The previous

sentence shall not apply with respect to any tipped employe

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