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PUBLIC LAW 93-259-APR. 8, 1974

[88 STAT.

INCREASE I N MINIMUM WAGE RATE FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES

29 USC 206.

gj,^ 4 Section 6(a)(5) is amended to read as follows: " (5) if such employee is employed in agriculture, not less than— " (A) $1.60 an hour during the period ending December 31, 1974, " (B) $1.80 an hour during the year beginning January 1, 1975, " (C) $2 an hour during the year beginning January 1, 1976, " (D) $2.20 an hour during the year beginning January 1, 1977, and " (E) $2.30 an hour after December 31, 1977." INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR EMPLOYEES IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

29 USC 205. Intra. 29 USC 208

29 USC 206.

g^^ g ^^^ Section 5 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) The provisions of this section, section 6(c), and section 8 shall not apply with respect to the minimum wage rate of any employee employed in Puerto Kico or the Virgin Islands (1) by the United States or by the government of the Virgin Islands, (2) by an establishment which is a hotel, motel, or restaurant, or (3) by any other retail or service establishment which employs such employee primarily in connection with the preparation or offering of food or beverages for human consumption, either on the premises, or by such services as catering, banquet, box lunch, or curb or counter service, to the public, to employees, or to members or guests of members of clubs. The minimum wage rate of such an employee shall be determined under this Act in the same manner as the minimum wage rate for employees employed in a State of the United States is determined under this Act, As used in the preceding sentence, the term 'State' does not include a territory or possession of the United States.", (b) Effective on the date of the enactment of the Fair Labor Standg^j.(jg Amendments of 1974, sub':ection (c) of section 6 is amended by striking out paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), in the case of any employee who is covered by such a wage order on the date of enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 and to whom the rate or rates prescribed by subsection (a) or (b) would otherwise apply, the wage rate applicable to such employee shall be increased as follows: " (A) Effective on the effective date of the F a i r Labor Standards Amendments of 1974, the wage order rate applicable to such employee on the day before such date shall— " (i) if such rate is under $1.40 an hour, be increased by $0.12 an hour, and " (ii) if such rate is $1.40 or more an hour, be increased by $0.15 an hour.

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