Phase out subminimum wages for tipped workers, workers with disabilities, and youth workers so no employee is paid below the federal minimum wage.

No employee will be paid below the minimum wage. Existing subminimum wages for tipped workers, workers with disabilities, and youth workers will be phased out gradually.

Murphy's legislation would eliminate subminimum wage categories over time and require all employees to be paid at least the federal minimum wage.

[2026-06-25] Murphy Introduces Landmark Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to...
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S.1332 was introduced on April 8, 2025 with Sen. Murphy listed among the original cosponsors. The bill text would raise the general federal minimum wage to $17, phase the tipped cash wage to $17 and then repeal the separate tipped wage, repeal the separate youth minimum wage after a transition, and sunset Section 14(c) certificates for workers with disabilities after transition.

Murphy took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring a bill matching the commitment, but the text itself is only a proposal and does not show enactment.

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Congress.gov: S.1332 - Raise the Wage Act of 2025, Text
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Congress.gov lists S.1332 as introduced on April 8, 2025, referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, with tracker status 'Introduced' and no later action shown. This remains the latest official action found through the June 7-July 6, 2026 lookback window.

The current Congress bill has not passed the Senate, passed the House, gone to the President, or become law, so there is no delivery in the recent lookback window.

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Congress.gov: S.1332 - Raise the Wage Act of 2025, Overview
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DOL states that an employer may pay a tipped worker at least $2.13 per hour under the FLSA and take a tip credit toward the current $7.25 federal minimum wage, while making up any shortfall if tips plus cash wages do not reach $7.25.

Federal law still allows a tipped cash wage below the federal minimum wage, so the tipped-worker part of the commitment has not been delivered.

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U.S. Department of Labor Fact Sheet #15: Tipped Employees Under the FLSA
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DOL states that the 1996 FLSA amendments allow employers to pay workers under age 20 a youth minimum wage of not less than $4.25 per hour during the first 90 consecutive calendar days after initial employment.

Federal law still allows a youth wage below the federal minimum wage, so the youth-worker part of the commitment has not been delivered.

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U.S. Department of Labor Fact Sheet #32: Youth Minimum Wage - FLSA
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DOL states that Section 14(c) of the FLSA authorizes employers, after receiving a WHD certificate, to pay workers with disabilities wages below the federal minimum wage. The same page links current certificate application and renewal processes.

Federal disability subminimum-wage authority remains active, so the workers-with-disabilities part of the commitment has not been delivered.

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U.S. Department of Labor: Employment of Workers with Disabilities
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The Senate voted on a motion to waive budget discipline for Sanders Amendment No. 972 to H.R.1319, with the stated purpose 'To provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage.' The vote result was Motion Rejected, 42 yeas to 58 nays; Murphy (D-CT) voted Yea.

Murphy supported an earlier concrete floor attempt to raise the federal minimum wage, but the motion failed and did not deliver the promised phaseout of subminimum wages.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, Vote 74
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