Pending Legislation W e've had folks asking what kind of language might be appropriate for a national living wage bill. Using the Universal Living Wage formula , we've come up with these suggestions.
Employee includes any individual employed by an employer.
Employer includes a person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. Fair Market Rent Area is the metropolitan area or non-metropolitan county, as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, in which a Fair Market Rent applies. Person means an individual partnership, association, corporation, business, trust legal representative, or any organized group of persons. An employer shall pay to each employee a wage that is not less than the minimum hourly wage described currently as the federal minimum hourly wage, which ever wage rate is greater. An employer shall pay to each employee a minimum hourly wage that is not less than the average weekly salary divided by 40.