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2015 SESSION
15100678DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 40.1-28.9 and 40.1-28.10 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 40.1-28.9. Definitions; determining wages of tipped employees.
A. As used in this article:
A. "Employer" includes any individual,
partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person or groups
of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in
relation to an employee;.
B. "Employee" includes any individual
employed by an employer, except the following:
1. Any person employed as a farm laborer or farm employee;
2. Any person employed in domestic service or in or about a private home or in an eleemosynary institution primarily supported by public funds;
3. Any person engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious or nonprofit organization where the relationship of employer-employee does not, in fact, exist, or where the services rendered to such organizations are on a voluntary basis;
4. Newsboys, shoe-shine boys, caddies on golf courses, babysitters, ushers, doormen, concession attendants and cashiers in theaters;
5. Traveling salesmen or outside salesmen working on a commission basis; taxicab drivers and operators;
6. Any person under the age of 18 in the employ of his father, mother or legal guardian;
7. Any person confined in any penal or corrective institution of the State or any of its political subdivisions or admitted to a state hospital or training center operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services;
8. Any person employed by a boys' and/or girls' summer camp;
9. Any person under the age of 16, regardless of by whom employed;
10. Any person who normally works and is paid based on the amount of work done;
11. [Repealed.]
12. Any person whose employment is covered by the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 as amended;
13. Any person whose earning capacity is impaired by
physical deficiency, mental illness, or intellectual disability;
14. 12. Students participating in a bona fide
educational program;
15. 13. Any person employed by an employer who
does not have four or more persons employed at any one time; provided that
husbands, wives, sons, daughters and parents of the employer shall not be
counted in determining the number of persons employed;
16. 14. Any person who is less than 18 years of
age and who is currently enrolled on a full-time basis in any secondary school,
institution of higher education or trade school, provided the person is not
employed more than 20 hours per week;
16A. 15. Any person of any age who is currently
enrolled on a full-time basis in any secondary school, institution of higher
education or trade school and is in a work-study program or its equivalent at
the institution at which he or she is enrolled as a student;
17. 16. Any person who is less than 18 years of
age and who is under the jurisdiction and direction of a juvenile and domestic
relations district court.
C. "Tipped employee" means an employee
engaged in an occupation in which he customarily and regularly receives more
than $30 a month in tips.
"Wages" means legal tender of the United States or checks or drafts on banks negotiable into cash on demand or upon acceptance at full value; provided, wages may include the reasonable cost to the employer of furnishing meals and for lodging to an employee, if such board or lodging is customarily furnished by the employer, and used by the employee.
D. B. In determining the wage of a tipped
employee, the amount paid such employee by his employer shall be deemed to be
increased on account of tips by an amount determined by the employer, except in
the case of an employee who establishes by clear and convincing evidence that
the actual amount of tips received by him was less than the amount determined
by the employer. In such case, the amount paid such employee by his employer
shall be deemed to have been increased by such lesser amount. Commencing
July 1, 2015, the amount of the credit by which payments to a tipped employee
are deemed to be increased on account of tips shall not exceed the limit
established pursuant to clause (b) of subsections B, C, and D of § 40.1-28.10.
§ 40.1-28.10. Minimum wages.
Every A. Prior to July 1, 2015, every employer
shall pay to each of his employees wages at a rate not less than the federal
minimum wage and a or, if applicable, the federal training wage
as prescribed by the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.).
B. From July 1, 2015, until July 1, 2016, every employer shall pay to each of his employees wages at a rate not less than the greater of (i) $8.00 per hour or (ii) the federal minimum wage as prescribed by the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.). During this period, (a) the cash wage paid to a tipped employee by his employer shall not be less than 50 percent of the minimum wage established pursuant to the preceding sentence and (b) the credit used to determine the wage of a tipped employee as provided under subsection B of § 40.1-28.9 shall equal the difference between the cash wage established pursuant to clause (a) and the minimum wage established pursuant to the preceding sentence.
C. From July 1 2016, until July 1, 2017, every employer shall pay to each of his employees wages at a rate not less than the greater of (i) $9.00 per hour or (ii) the federal minimum wage as prescribed by the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.). During this period, (a) the cash wage paid to a tipped employee by his employer shall not be less than 50 percent of the minimum wage established pursuant to the preceding sentence and (b) the credit used to determine the wage of a tipped employee as provided under subsection B of § 40.1-28.9 shall equal the difference between the cash wage established pursuant to clause (a) and the minimum wage established pursuant to the preceding sentence.
D. From and after July 1 2017, every employer shall pay to each of his employees wages at a rate not less than the greater of (i) $10.10 per hour or (ii) the federal minimum wage as prescribed by the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.). From and after such date, (a) the cash wage paid to a tipped employee by his employer shall not be less than 50 percent of the minimum wage established pursuant to the preceding sentence and (b) the credit used to determine the wage of a tipped employee as provided under subsection B of § 40.1-28.9 shall equal the difference between the cash wage established pursuant to clause (a) and the minimum wage established pursuant to the preceding sentence.