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Amending Section 224.05(c) of the Legislative Code to eliminate the City’s provisional 90-day minimum wage rate in the City of Saint Paul for workers between the ages of 14 and 17.
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SECTION 1
WHEREAS, Saint Paul City Council wishes to amend Section 224.05, paragraph (c) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to remove the 90-day youth wage as an exception to Saint Paul Legislative Code, Chapter 224A, the City’s Minimum Wage Ordinance; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, The Council of the City of Saint Paul does ordain:
SECTION 2
Section 224.05, paragraph (c) of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is amended as follows:
Sec. 224.05. Exceptions and adjustments to minimum wage.
(a) An employer must not directly or indirectly credit, apply, or utilize gratuities towards payment of the minimum wage set by this chapter.
(b) City-approved youth-focused training or apprenticeship program. Notwithstanding 224.04, an employer may pay an employee under the age of twenty (20) years who is employed in a city-approved youth-focused training or apprenticeship program not less than eighty-five (85) percent of the city minimum wage for small
Employers rounded up to the nearest nickel, provided that any percentage of the hourly rate established by rule is not lower than the percentage applicable under state statutes and regulations. The minimum training or apprentice wage must be published annually by the department. Criteria for city-approved youth-focused training or apprenticeship programs must be developed by the department with input from current service providers. No employer may take action to displace an employee, including a partial displacement through a reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits, to hire an employee at the wage authorized in this subsection.
(c) 90 day youth wage. Employees who are fourteen (14)-seventeen (17) years of age shall be paid not less than eighty-five (85) percent of the city minimum wage for small employers and rounded to the nearest nickel during their first ninety (90) days after the date of hire. After more than ninety (90) days after the date of hire, employees who are fourteen (14)-seventeen (17) years of age shall be paid the applicable city minimum wage. The minimum youth wage shall be published annually by the department as provided by rule.
Athletic exemption. An employer is not required to pay City minimum wage to an employee to play baseball as part of an independent baseball league provided that the employee is compensated pursuant to a negotiated contract and appears on the roster of the baseball team.
SECTION 3
This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 2027.