Sec. 17-83. Payment of wages.
   (a)   Beginning April 1, 2022, an employer shall pay each employee not less than the minimum wage set forth in this article, for all working time within the geographic boundaries of the city. Beginning April 1, 2022, a hiring entity shall pay each worker for hire not less than the minimum wage set forth in this article, for all working time within the geographic boundaries of the city.
   (b)   An employer shall not obligate an employee to receive minimum wage payments using a pay card, reloadable debit card, or similar method that requires the employee to possess a valid social security number.
   (c)   A large employer shall pay to an employee at least three (3) hours of compensation at no less than the minimum wage rate when:
   (1)   An employee is scheduled to work at least three (3) hours; the employee timely reports for duty; the employee is able to work the entire shift; and the employer engages the employee for fewer than three (3) hours; or
   (2)   An employee is scheduled to work at least three (3) hours and the employer cancels the employee's shift with less than twenty-four (24) hours notice.
   (d)   Except as required by law or court order, an employer shall not deduct from an employee's wages if doing so will result in the employee receiving less than the minimum wage, including but not limited to amounts deducted for employer-provided meals and damaged, lost, or spoiled goods.
   (e)   An individual who satisfies the definitions of employee or worker for hire becomes an employee or a worker for hire ninety (90) days after annexation by the city results in the place of work being brought into the corporate limits of the city. If an employee and employer have a mutual agreement that the employee is to perform work from the employee's residence, the employee's residence is subsequently brought within the corporate limits through annexation, and the employer subsequently discharges the employee during the ninety (90) day period, there arises a rebuttable presumption that such action was retaliation in violation of this article.
(Ord. No. 11868, 8-10-21)