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2022 SESSION

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HB 296 Minimum wage; clarifies definition of wages.

Introduced by: Joseph P. McNamara | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Minimum wage; definition of wages. Amends the definition of "wages" for the purposes of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act such that "wages" includes the reasonable cost to an employer of providing payments for health care benefits to an employee, provided that the employee is paid a cash wage at a rate not less than the greater of $11.00 per hour or the federal minimum wage.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Minimum wage. Repeals certain provisions of the Code of Virginia related to increasing the state minimum wage to more than $11.00 per hour. The bill also repeals provisions related to increasing the state minimum wage based on an annual adjusted minimum wage determined by the Department of Labor and Industry.