73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2579
 
                         House Bill 2720
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
  (at the request of Oregon Business Association)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Caps annual increase in minimum wage to ___ percent increase
over wage amount established for previous year. Allows reduced
minimum wage rate for employees under 18 years of age for first
___ calendar days of employment.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to minimum wage; creating new provisions; and amending
  ORS 653.025.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 653.025 is amended to read:
  653.025. (1) Except as provided by ORS 652.020  { + and section
3 of this 2005 Act + } and the rules of the Commissioner of the
Bureau of Labor and Industries issued under ORS 653.030 and
653.261, for each hour of work time that the employee is
gainfully employed,
  { - no - }   { + an + } employer   { - shall - }   { + may
not + } employ or agree to employ any employee at wages computed
at a rate lower than:
    { - (a) For calendar year 1997, $5.50 - }
    { - (b) For calendar year 1998, $6.00 - }
    { - (c) For calendar years after December 31, 1998, and
before January 1, 2003, $6.50. - }
    { - (d) - }   { + (a) + } For calendar year 2003, $6.90.
    { - (e) - }   { + (b) + } For calendar years after 2003, a
rate adjusted for inflation.
  (2)(a) The Oregon minimum wage shall be adjusted annually for
inflation, as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
  (b) No later than September 30 of each year, beginning in
calendar year 2003, the commissioner shall calculate an
adjustment of the wage amount specified in subsection (1) of this
section based upon the increase { + , + }   { - ( - } if
any { + , + }  { - ) - }  from August of the preceding year to
August of the year in which the calculation is made in the
U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
for All Items as prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor or its successor.
  (c) The wage amount established under this subsection
  { - shall - } :
   { +  (A) May not increase over the wage amount established for
the previous year by more than ___ percent; + }
    { - (A) - }   { + (B) Shall + } be rounded to the nearest
five cents; and
    { - (B) - }   { + (C) Shall + } become effective as the new
Oregon minimum wage, replacing the dollar figure specified in
subsection (1) of this section, on January 1 of the following
year.
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 3 of this 2005 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 653.010 to 653.261. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + An employer may pay a minor, for the first
___ calendar days of employment with that employer, a training
wage rate that equals ___ percent of the wage rate specified
under ORS 653.025. + }
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