H5371 expands the number of occupations that qualify for minimum wage.
The Rhode Island House passed H5371 on May 4, 2023, by a vote of 56 to 12. We have assigned pluses to the nays because minimum wage laws are anti-constitutional acts of government-imposed theft that violate the right to freedom of contract between employers and employees. They go against free-market principles and disparage the principles of both the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which were intended to protect “private property” and guarantee “equal protection of the laws” for all Americans.