There is hereby established a wage subsidy in substitution of the reimbursement of supplementary payments provided herein, which shall be paid by the Secretary of Agriculture from the appropriations set aside for the fulfillment of this chapter to those sugarcane growers who would have the right to receive reimbursement of supplementary payments in agricultural wages under this chapter, but who may lose the right to receive them, if the workers’ minimum wage applicable to the agricultural phase of the sugar industry under the federal law known as the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, equals or surpasses the income levels guaranteed under this chapter. Said subsidy shall be computed pursuant to the norms and formulas established herein, taking as a basis the difference between the income guaranteed by this chapter and the lower commonwealth minimum wage prevailing, or the lower minimum federal wage prevailing before May 1, 1974, whichever is the highest. History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, added as § 9-A on July 24, 1974, No. 245, Part 2, p. 236, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
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