SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 151 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
An employer, as defined in section 152A of chapter 149 of the General Laws, shall not employ a wait staff employee, service employee, or service bartender, as defined by said section, at a basic wage rate less than $3.63 an hour, and beginning on January 1, 2011, and on each January 1 thereafter, this basic tip wage shall be increased at the same percentage rate as the minimum wage rate.
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