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HAMDT 1085 (104th)

An amendment to change the Fair Labor Standards Act in the following ways: A. Exempt computer professionals earning more than $27.63 per hour from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act requiring overtime to be paid for time worked in excess of 40 hours per week. (Current law exempts computer professionals who earn more than 6.5 times the existing minimum wage); B. Exempt employees who receive tips from the FLSA minimum wage law by requiring employers to pay their employees a minimum of $2.13 per hour, rather than the current requirement that they pay 50% of the minimum wage; C. Authorize employers to pay newly hired employees under the age of 20 $4.per hour during the first 90 days of employment; D. Exempt small businesses from the minimum wage law for businesses with gross annual sales under $500,000, whether or not they are engaged in interstate commerce.