Learners and apprentices, wage rate, determined by director, how
The head of the labor department can set a lower pay rate for people who are still learning a job or in training. Before doing this, the workers affected have to be told about a public meeting where it gets discussed. The lower pay rate still has to be within 90 cents of the regular minimum wage, and this rule cannot be used as a trick to get around minimum wage laws.
290.517. Learners and apprentices, wage rate, determined by , how. — After a public of which individual employees affected must be given reasonable notice, the director shall provide by for the in any , at wages lower than the wage rate applicable under sections 290.500 to 290.530, of such learners and apprentices as he finds to prevent of opportunities for employment. Such wage rate for learners and apprentices shall be not less than 90 cents less than the minimum wage established by sections 290.500 to 290.530. At no time may this be used for the purpose of evading the and meaning of sections 290.500 to 290.530.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1990 H.B. 1881 § 8, A.L. 2006 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition B, November 7, 2006)
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