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AN ACT RELATING TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHEROKEE NATION MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF 2006
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
Example: This act shall be known as the “Cherokee Nation Minimum Wage Act of 2013” and codified under Title 40 Section 70, of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 2. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to establish annual increases of the minimum hourly wage for employees of the Cherokee Nation and its corporation and entities originally established in LA 33-06.
Section 3. Legislative History
Legislative Act 33-06 passed in November of 2006 established a statutory minimum wage.
Section 4. Substantive Provisions
Title 40, Section 70
Minimum Wage.
1. Every employer shall pay to each of its Employees wages at the following rate: not less than $7.50 $9.50 per hour beginning with the first full pay period after enactment which shall be effective January 1, 2014. Further, there shall be a wage increase beginning at $1.00 $.50 for the wage rate of $6.50 $9.00 with the $1.00 $.50 wage increase being reduced by $.01 for every $.02 above the $6.50 $9.00 wage rate which shall also be effective with the first full pay period after enactment which shall be effective January 1, 2014 [see Exhibit A].
2. Every employer shall pay to each of its Employees wages at the following rate: not less than $8.25 $10.50 per hour beginning with the first full pay period after October 1, 2007 2014. Further, there shall be a wage increase beginning at $.75 $1.00 for the wage rate of $7.50 $9.50. with the $.75 $1.00 wage increase being reduced by $.01 for every $.02 above the $7.50 $9.50 wage rate which shall also be effective beginning with the first full pay period after October 1, 2007 2014 [see Exhibit B].
3. Every employer shall pay to each of its Employees wages at the following rate: not less than $9.00 $11.50 per hour beginning with the first full pay period after October 1, 2008 2015. Furth...
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