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Arizona Voted
Yes for Minimum Wage Increase |
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On 8
November
2016 the
voters
of
Arizona
approved
a
referendum
to increase
the minimum
wage and
require
employers to
provide
paid sick
leave.
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Proposition
206
would increase
the state’s
current
hourly
minimum
wage of
$8.05 in
4 steps
to $12.00
in 2020,
in the following
way.
-$10.00 on
and after
January
1,
2017
-$10.50 on
and after
January
1,
2018
-$11.00 on
and after
January
1,
2019
-$12.00 on
and after
January
1,
2020
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The rate
would
thereafter
increase
in each
subsequent
year based on the
Consumer Price
Index (CPI).
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The measure
also
require
employers
to provide
their employees
with 1
hour of
paid sick
leave
per 30
hours
worked
beginning
July 1,
2017.
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However,
the State
of
Arizona and
certain small
businesses
would continue
to be
exempt
from
paying
the
minimum
wage.
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Employers
with 15
or more
employees
are
required
to give
them 1
hour of
earned sick
leave
for
every
30
hours
worked.
But the
employees
is only
allowed
to use
up
to 40
hour per
year
[unless the
employer
selects a
higher limit].
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Employers
with 15
or less
employees
are
required
to
give
them 1
hour of
earned sick
leave
for
every
30
hours
worked.
But the
employees
are
only
allowed
to use
up
to 24
hours per
year
[unless the
employer
selects a
higher limit].
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In determining the amount
of employees
working
for
an employer
for
compensation during a
given
week,
all
full- time,
part-time
and temporary
employees
shall
be counted.
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Employers
are
required
to post
notices in
the workplace
and maintain payroll
records
for
a period
of up
to 4
years.
Small employers
who may
be unreasonably
burdened
by
this
requirement
may
be
exempt.
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The state
may
levy
civil
penalties
against violators
for
not complying
with any
requirement
of
the law.
Violations will
result
in a
fine of
$250
for
the
first
offence
and $1,000
for
each
subsequent offence. Additionally,
employers
can be
subjected
to a
daily
penalty of
$150 until
the final
outcome of
a case
is
determined
by the
commission or the
courts.
They
could also
be subjected
to paying
the legal
fees
for
the injured
parties.
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See other States minimum wages. |
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Sources:
Text
of
Proposition
206
Arizona
Secretary
of
State
Website
By Wendy
Stewart
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