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House passes overhaul of state minimum-wage law, sets $3.80 floor and gives Industrial Commission review authority
Summary
After task-force work and floor debate, the Utah House approved a rewritten minimum-wage bill that sets a beginning state minimum of $3.80 per hour, allows the Industrial Commission to review the wage (at least every three years), and preserves certain exemptions; the measure passed the House as amended with recorded opposition.
Salt Lake City — The Utah House on Feb. 22 approved a comprehensive minimum-wage bill that codifies a new state minimum of $3.80 per hour, authorizes the Industrial Commission to review the wage periodically (at least once every three years and whenever the federal rate changes), and permits the commission to set separate minimums for minors under specified circumstances.
The bill is the product of a bipartisan task force that included…
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