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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 19-770

NOTICES

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Notice of Minimum Wage Increase under Executive Order 2016-02 Amended, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Employees of the Commonwealth and of Organizations Receiving State Contracts

[49 Pa.B. 2585]
[Saturday, May 18, 2019]

 Executive Order 2016-020, Minimum Wage for Employees for the Commonwealth and of Organizations Receiving State Contracts, was signed by Governor Tom Wolf on March 7, 2016 (the Original Executive Order). The Original Executive Order raised the hourly minimum wage paid to employees of Commonwealth agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction and paid by contractors to workers performing work on or in connection with covered State contracts, as described in the Original Executive Order, to $10.15 per hour, beginning July 1, 2016; and beginning January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, an amount determined in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Original Executive Order. Effective July 1, 2018, the minimum wage rate to be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with covered State contracts, as described in the Original Executive Order, increased to $10.35 per hour.

 On June 28, 2018, Executive Order 2016-02 Amended, Minimum Wage for Employees of the Commonwealth and of Organizations Receiving State Contracts (the Amended Executive Order), was signed by Governor Tom Wolf. The Amended Executive Order raised the hourly minimum wage paid to employees of Commonwealth agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction to $12.00 per hour, beginning July 1, 2018, and paid by contractors to workers performing work on or in connection with covered State contracts, as described in the Amended Executive Order, to $12.00 per hour, beginning on the effective date of the applicable contract or lease solicited or bilaterally modified on or after July 1, 2018; and beginning January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, to an amount determined in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Amended Executive Order.

 Under the Amended Executive Order, notice was provided at 49 Pa.B. 1009 (March 2, 2019) that beginning July 1, 2019, the minimum wage rate to be paid to employees of Commonwealth agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor and workers performing work on or in connection with covered State contracts, as described in Section 2 of the Amended Executive Order, will increase to $12.50 per hour.

 In addition, the Original Executive Order continues to apply to workers performing work on or in connection with covered State contracts entered into after July 1, 2016, but prior to July 1, 2018, and such contracts have not been bilaterally modified to include the Amended Executive Order. Notice is hereby provided that beginning July 1, 2019, the minimum wage rate to be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with covered State contracts, as described in Section 2 of the Original Executive Order, will increase to $10.60 per hour.

 This notice is effective on May 18, 2019.

MICHAEL NEWSOME, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-770. Filed for public inspection May 17, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]


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