HB1311 — Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to set a state minimum hourly wage rate at not less than $10.10 per hour, adjusted annually to reflect inflation in accordance with the consumer price index; establishes a cause of action for employees if employers violate the state’s minimum hourly wage rate; sets the wage rate paid to blind persons employed by the state to the greater of the state minimum hourly wage rate or the federal minimum wage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 13; Title 39; Title 50; Title 67 and Title 71.

HB1311 — Salaries and Benefits - As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to set a state minimum hourly wage rate at not less than $10.10 per hour, adjusted annually to reflect inflation in accordance with the consumer price index; establishes a cause of action for employees if employers violate the state’s minimum hourly wage rate; sets the wage rate paid to blind persons employed by the state to the greater of the state minimum hourly wage rate or the federal minimum wage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 13; Title 39; Title 50; Title 67 and Title 71. · Informed CitizenryThe bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated to establish and enforce a state minimum hourly wage rate. The commissioner of labor and workforce development must set this minimum wage at no less than $1…Open in Informed Citizenry