Amendment #81 to H3983

Training Wage Exemption

Representatives Dooley of Norfolk, Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Frost of Auburn, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Howitt of Seekonk, Diehl of Whitman, Cole of Peabody, O'Connell of Taunton, Lyons of Andover and Lombardo of Billerica moves to amend the bill by inserting, after SECTION 30, the following:--

“SECTION XX.  Section 1 of chapter 151 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the following:—

This section shall not apply to employees for their first 90 days of work. A wage which is lower than the minimum wage by more than 25% or less than $8.00 per hour, in any occupation, shall conclusively be presumed to be oppressive and unreasonable, provided the commissioner has not expressly approved or shall expressly approve the establishment and payment of a lesser wage under the provisions of sections seven and nine.”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #81 to H3983

Training Wage Exemption