§ 27-4-202 — Minimum wage rates

(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her
employees wages at a rate of not less than five dollars and
fifteen cents ($5.15) per hour.
(b) Effective April 1, 2001 and thereafter, all employers
who employ tipped employees shall not pay less than two dollars
and thirteen cents ($2.13) per hour to his tipped employees.
Provided further, if the wage paid by the employer combined with
the tips received by the employee during a given pay period does
not equal at least the applicable minimum wage as prescribed in
subsection (a) of this section, the employer shall pay the
difference to the tipped employee. For the purposes of this act,
all "tip" employees shall furnish monthly to their respective
employers the daily record of tips required to be kept by "tip"
employees under the laws of the United States and upon the forms
prescribed by the internal revenue service of the United States
treasury department. The daily record of tips shall constitute
prima facie proof of the amount of tips received by the
employee. Proof of a customary tipping percentage of sales or
service shall also be an admissible form of proof of the amount
of tips. A "tip" employee is one who customarily and regularly
receives more than thirty dollars ($30.00) a month in tips.
(c) In lieu of the rate prescribed in subsection (a) of
this section, any employer may pay any employee who has not
attained the age of twenty (20) years a wage which is not less
than four dollars and twenty-five cents ($4.25) per hour during
the first ninety (90) consecutive days after the employee is
initially employed by the employer. No employer may take any
action to displace employees, including partial displacements
such as reduction in hours, wages or employment benefits for
purposes of hiring individuals at the wage authorized in this
subsection.