Number
041311
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI, BAUMAN, MURPHY, DONOVAN, D'AMATO and MCGEE
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to minimum wage requirements for employers located in the city.
Sections
109-15-4-a am
109-15-4-c am
109-15-4-f-0 am
109-15-4-f-4 cr
109-15-4-g am
109-17-0 am
109-17-1 am
109-17-2-b am
109-17-4 am
109-17-12 cr
112 cr
Analysis
This ordinance requires employers to pay all persons employed in the city of Milwaukee the following minimum wage rates:
1. $5.70 per hour for all employes, except opportunity and tipped employes, as of October 1, 2005; $6.50 per hour as of October 1, 2006.
2. $5.30 per hour for opportunity employes (employes who, during their first 90 days of employment, have not yet reached 20 years of age) as of October 1, 2005; $5.90 per hour as of October 1, 2006.
3. $2.57 per hour for tipped employes, provided the employer can establish by its payroll records that the sum total of tips and wages received by the employe is not less than the required minimum wage or opportunity-employe minimum wage.
This ordinance also establishes maximum deductions from wages that employers may make in return for providing employes with lodging and/or meals.
The 2005 and 2006 regular and opportunity-employe minimum wages and the maximum lodging and meal deductions in this ordinance are the same as those recommended by the State of Wisconsin's Minimum Wage Advisory Council on March 1, 2004, to be effective at the time of rule promulgation by the Department of Workforce Development and on October 1, 2005, respectively.
The requirements of this ordinance apply to all employers except the federal government, the State of Wisconsin and its political subdivisions, and any office, department or agency of federal, state or local government other than the City of Milwaukee. They also apply to all wages paid, whether on a time, piece-work, commission or other basis.
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