City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0655

• File #: 16-0655
• Version: 0
• Name: Labor and Employment - City Minimum Wage
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 4/18/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2016
• Title: Labor and Employment - City Minimum Wage FOR the purpose of setting Baltimore City's minimum wage rate for the years 2016 through 2021; setting the formula to determine Baltimore City's minimum wage rate from 2021 onward; defining certain terms; setting the terms and qualifications for Wage Commission members; requiring the production and posting of multilingual posters summarizing Baltimore City's minimum wage laws; setting Baltimore City's tipped minimum wage rate through 2025; eliminating the lower tipped minimum wage rate from 2025 onward; limiting the withholdings employers may make from employee wages; allowing any person to make a complaint to the Wage Commission; changing the Wage Commission's procedures for responding to complaints; repealing the prohibition of bad faith employee complaints to the Wage Commission; establishing certain penalties; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the minimum wage to be paid to employees in Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Brandon M. Scott, Robert Curran, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger, Carl Stokes, William "Pete" Welch, President Young, Warren Branch, Eric T. Costello, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: City, Labor and Employment, Minimum Wage

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/20/2016	0	Labor Committee	Amended	Pass
9/12/2016	0	Labor Committee	Worksession
8/15/2016	0	City Council	Re-referred to Committee
8/8/2016	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
8/8/2016	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
7/28/2016	0	Labor Committee
7/21/2016	0	Labor Committee	Conducted Public Hearing
7/19/2016	0	Labor Committee	Conducted Public Hearing
7/18/2016	0	Labor Committee	Worksession
6/20/2016	0	Labor Committee	Worksession
6/20/2016	0	Labor Committee	Worksession
6/15/2016	0	Labor Committee	Conducted Public Hearing
5/16/2016	0	Labor Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
4/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Employee Development
4/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
4/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
4/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Wage Commission
4/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
4/18/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
4/18/2016	0	City Council	Introduced

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmembers Clarke, Henry, Scott, Curran, Middleton, Reisinger, and Stokes


A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Labor and Employment - City Minimum Wage
FOR the purpose of setting Baltimore City's minimum wage rate for the years 2016 through 2021; setting the formula to determine Baltimore City's minimum wage rate from 2021 onward; defining certain terms; setting the terms and qualifications for Wage Commission members; requiring the production and posting of multilingual posters summarizing Baltimore City's minimum wage laws; setting Baltimore City's tipped minimum wage rate through 2025; eliminating the lower tipped minimum wage rate from 2025 onward; limiting the withholdings employers may make from employee wages; allowing any person to make a complaint to the Wage Commission; changing the Wage Commission's procedures for responding to complaints; repealing the prohibition of bad faith employee complaints to the Wage Commission; establishing certain penalties; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the minimum wage to be paid to employees in Baltimore City.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 11 - Labor and Employment
Section(s) 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1, 3-2, 3-4 to 3-6, 3-8, 4-1 to 4-3, 4-5 to 4-10, 5-1, 5-2,
and 6-2
Baltimore City Code
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