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Amending Chapter 224 of the Legislative Code to align with State law changes.
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SECTION 1
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (the “City”) passed the City’s minimum wage ordinance, Saint Paul Legislative Code, Chapter 224 (the “Ordinance”), on November 11, 2018, to promote the general welfare, economic security, and stability of people who work in the City and their families; and
WHEREAS, in 2024, the State of Minnesota (the “State”) amended minimum wage protections for employees across the State pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 177.23-.24; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to align the Ordinance with the State’s protections to ensure uniform compliance procedures for employers and maximum protections for employees; and
WHEREAS, the City further wishes to align the Ordinance with certain standards and requirements in the City’s earned sick and safe time and wage theft ordinances to reduce confusion and ensure uniform trainings, investigations, and enforcement; and
WHEREAS, when the City originally passed the Ordinance in 2018, the Ordinance divided Employers into four different size classifications; macro, large, small, and micro, and varied the minimum wage amounts and compliance dates by business size to give businesses appropriate time to adjust to minimum wage increases, and each business size will eventually be required to pay a minimum hourly wage no less than the hourly rate set forth in Section 224.04(b) of the Ordinance (the “City Wage”); and
WHEREAS, as of this date, both macro and large businesses are required to pay the City Wage and there is no longer a need to distinguish between the two types of businesses in the Ordinance, and so the definition of macro businesses will be removed from the Ordinance and incorporated into the definition of large businesses; and
WHEREAS, there is a desire to clarify and revise the minimum wage amounts and compliance dates for various business sizes to ensure adequate adjustment time; and
WHEREAS, the ...
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