24RS HB 797

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Last Action	02/26/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to wages.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1095
Sponsors	B. Chester-Burton, G. Brown Jr.
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise minimum wage of hourly and tipped employees and require adherence to any future federal increase in excess of the new state wage rates; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.
Index Headings of Original Version	Labor and Industry - State minimum wage, increase Local Government - Minimum wage, authority to establish Personnel and Employment - State minimum wage, increase Wages and Hours - State minimum wage, increase Cities - Minimum wage, authority to establish Counties - Minimum wage, authority to establish