PRINTER'S NO. 1886
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1322
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY YAW, MILLER, ROTHMAN, J. WARD, PENNYCUICK, VOGEL
AND COSTA, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled
2 "An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates
3 for employes, with certain exceptions; providing for minimum
4 rates for learners and apprentices; creating a Minimum Wage
5 Advisory Board and defining its powers and duties; conferring
6 powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Labor and
7 Industry; imposing duties on employers; and providing
8 penalties," further providing for exemptions and for duty of
9 employer.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 5(a) of the act of January 17, 1968
13 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, is
14 amended by adding a paragraph to read:
15 Section 5. Exemptions.--(a) Employment in the following
16 classifications shall be exempt from both the minimum wage and
17 overtime provisions of this act:
18 * * *
19 (13) Employes who have entered into a contract to play
20 baseball at the minor league level and who are compensated
21 pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that
 1 expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of
2 employes.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. Section 8 of the act is amended to read:
5 Section 8. Duty of Employer.--Every employer of employes
6 shall keep a true and accurate record of the hours worked by
7 each employe and the wages paid to each, and shall furnish to
8 the secretary or his or her duly authorized representative, upon
9 demand, a sworn statement of the same. Such records shall be
10 open to inspection by any duly authorized representative of the
11 secretary at any reasonable time and shall be preserved for a
12 period of three years. Every employer subject to this act shall
13 keep a summary of this act and any regulations issued thereunder
14 applicable to him or her, posted in a conspicuous place where
15 employes normally pass and can read it. Employers shall, upon
16 request, be furnished copies of such summaries without charge.
17 Employers shall permit any duly authorized representative of the
18 secretary to interrogate any employe in the place of employment
19 and during work hours with respect to the wages paid to and the
20 hours worked by such employe or other employes. This section
21 shall not apply to an employe who has entered into a contract to
22 play baseball at the minor league level and who is compensated
23 pursuant to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that
24 expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of the
25 employe.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 1886: P.L.11, No.5