Except as may otherwise be provided under this act:
(a)Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employes wages for all hours worked at a rate of not less than:
(1)Two dollars sixty-five cents ($ 2.65) an hour upon the effective date of this amendment.
(2)Two dollars ninety cents ($ 2.90) an hour during the year beginning January 1, 1979.
(3)Three dollars ten cents ($ 3.10) an hour during the year beginning January 1, 1980.
(4)Three dollars thirty-five cents ($ 3.35) an hour after December 31, 1980.
(5)Three dollars seventy cents ($ 3.70) an hour beginning February 1, 1989.
(6)Five dollars fifteen cents ($ 5.15) an hour beginning September 1, 1997.
(7)Six dollars twenty-five cents ($ 6.25) an hour beginning January 1, 2007.
(8)Seven dollars fifteen cents ($ 7.15) an hour beginning July 1, 2007.
(a.1)If the minimum wage set forth in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.) is increased above the minimum wage required under this section, the minimum wage ...