Rep. Bill Seitz (R) Cincinnati introduced House Bill 690 on November 29 to implement Ohio's new minimum wage law. The bill could be passed by the outgoing General Assembly and signed by ougoing Governor Taft before he leaves office. You should be able to track the progress of HB 690 here.
A quick glance indicates that HB 690 may restrict rights available to employees under Issue 2. For example, Issue 2 requires "employers" to pay "employees" the minimum wage, with only the exceptions contained in Issue 2. HB 690 would make exemptions from the minimum wage under federal law apply to the minimum wage payment under Issue 2. See proposed new ORC section 4111.14(B)(1) ("The term "employee (under Issue 2) incorporates any applicable exemptions from the inimum wage requirements in the Fair Labor Standards Act. . . .") The federal exemptions are found in 29 USC 213(a)(1) through (17). The federal exemptions that HB would incorporate into Issue 2 cover employees in a wide number of different industries, plus white collar workers and outside salesmen.
One of the exemptions made by HB 690 applies to small summer camp operations. This could help the hypothetical summer camp in my previous post. However, since Issue 2 allows only the exceptions to payment of the minimum wage contained in Issue 2 itself, the General Assembly probably does not have the authority to enact additional exemptions for, among others, summer camps.
