City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0018

• File #: 17-0018
• Version: 0
• Name: Labor and Employment - City Minimum Wage
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Vetoed by Mayor
• File created: 2/6/2017
• In control: Mayor
• Final action: 4/3/2017
• Title: Labor and Employment - City Minimum Wage For the purpose of setting Baltimore City’s minimum wage rate for the years 2019 through 2023; setting the formula to determine Baltimore City’s minimum wage rate from 2023 onward; repealing certain exceptions; creating certain exceptions; 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; setting Baltimore City’s small employer minimum wage through 2026; 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 w...
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, President Young, Ryan Dorsey, Brandon M. Scott, Kristerfer Burnett, Sharon Green Middleton, Zeke Cohen, Shannon Sneed, Edward Reisinger, Bill Henry, Robert Stokes, Sr.
• Indexes: Labor and Employment, Minimum Wage

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/3/2017	0	Mayor	Vetoed by Mayor
3/20/2017	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
3/6/2017	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
3/6/2017	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
3/1/2017	0	Labor Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment	Pass
2/27/2017	0	Labor Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Visit Baltimore
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Employee Development
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Wage Commission
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
2/9/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
2/6/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
2/6/2017	0	City Council	Introduced
2/6/2017	0	Labor Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

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: Councilmember Clarke


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 2019 through 2023; setting the formula to determine Baltimore City’s minimum wage rate from 2023 onward; repealing certain exceptions; creating certain exceptions; 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; setting Baltimore City’s small employer minimum wage through 2026; 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
(Edition 2000)

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