HB296:
Minimum wage; clarifies definition of wages.
Bill Summary:
Minimum wage; definition of wages. Amends the definition of "wages" for the purposes of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act such that "wages" includes the reasonable cost to an employer of providing payments for health care benefits to an employee, provided that the employee is paid a cash wage at a rate not less than the greater of $11.00 per hour or the federal minimum wage.
Bill Patron: McNamara
Last Action(s):
(House) VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) February 1, 2022
(Senate) Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) February 21, 2022
Bill Status:
Passed House