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Sectional Analysis for HB 504
Minimum Wage for Workers in Fisheries

An Act relating to the wages of people working in the fisheries business.

AS 23.10 - Alaska's Wage and Hour Act is amended by adding a new section dealing with wages paid to employees in a fisheries business.

Sec. 23.10.072. Wages for fisheries businesses.

• Based upon a written agreement between employer & employee, an employer engaged in a *fisheries business may pay less than the minimum wage to their employee for the reasonable cost of room and board the employer furnishes to the employee, if
• The cost to the employee for the use of the employer's board & lodging facilities is reasonable & without profit to the employer; and
• The board & lodging facilities are customarily furnished by the employer & used by the employees.

* as defined in AS 43.75.290, a "fisheries business" means a person who engages in processing fisheries resources for sale by freezing, cooking, salting, or other method and includes but is not limited to canneries, cold storages, freezer ships, and processing plants.

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