HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2483        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2302

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the establishment of a minimum training wage.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/20/2011

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

4th Hampden

1/27/2011

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

2/2/2011

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

2/3/2011

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

2/4/2011

Steven L. Levy

4th Middlesex

2/4/2011

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/4/2011

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

2/4/2011

Bruce E. Tarr

 

2/4/2011

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

2/4/2011

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/21/2011

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

1st Plymouth

2/1/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2483        FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2302

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2302) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to the establishment of a minimum training wage.  Labor and Workforce Development

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to the establishment of a minimum training wage.

 

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. Section 1 of chapter 151, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the following:

“This section shall not apply to workers under the age of eighteen during the first 90 days of employment.  Said 90 day period shall be referred to as a training period.  A wage of less than $0.50 below the minimum wage, in any occupation, during a training period as defined in this chapter, shall conclusively be presumed to be oppressive and unreasonable, unless the commissioner has expressly approved or shall expressly approve the establishment and payment of a lesser wage under the provisions of sections seven and nine.”.