SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1738        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 708

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act establishing a minimum wage for large employers..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.    Chapter 151 is herby amended by adding a new section:-

SECTION 1C.  Any person employed in an establishment 75,000 square feet or larger and employing 150 or more employees shall be paid a minimum wage of $10.50. 

SECTION 2.   This act shall take effect on January 1, 2010.