SET $15 MINIMUM WAGE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

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House Bill 705 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 27, 2021
AN ACT SETTING THE MINIMUM WAGE OF ALL FIRST RESPONDERS IN THIS STATE AT FIFTEEN DOLLARS PER HOUR AND ESTABLISHING THE FIRST RESPONDERS FUND TO OFFSET TEMPORARILY INCREASED PAYROLL COSTS INCURRED BY EMPLOYERS OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
Intro. by Everitt, Turner, Cooper-Suggs, Gailliard.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 28 2021)

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  • Bill H 705 (2021-2022)
    Summary date: Apr 27 2021 - View Summary

    Amends GS 95-25.3 to add subsection (a1) (minimum wage) setting the minimum wage for first-responders at either $15 per hour or the federal minimum wage set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever is higher. This provision is effective January 1, 2022. Appropriates $52 million the State received in federal funds under the Consolidated Appropriations Act (2021 P.L.116-260) in fiscal year 2021-2022 to the Department of Commerce (Department) to establish the First Responders Fund. Directs that the allocated funds be used to provide grants to public and private employers of first-responders between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, to cover 50% of the additional costs incurred by employers for one year as a result of the minimum wage increase in GS 95-25.3. Directs the Department to use $100,000 to cover administrative costs of the grant program. This provision is effective July 1, 2021.

    Employment and Retirement, Government, Budget/Appropriations, Public Safety and Emergency Management, State Agencies, Department of Commerce
    APPROP, GS 95
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