HR Management & Compliance

News Notes: IWC Eliminates Minimum Wage Exemptions, Meal Credits

The Industrial Welfare Commission has eliminated certain exemptions from minimum wage requirements while retaining others. The changes take effect Jan. 1, 2001, as does the new minimum wage of $6.25 per hour. The IWC did away with existing exemptions for state and local government employees, full-time carnival ride operators, actors, personal attendants in private homes, student nurses and minors. Exemptions were retained for “learners” and close relatives employed in family-owned businesses. The IWC also increased the meal and lodging credits that can be offset against the minimum wage.

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