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HB259

Payment of wages; remedies, penalties.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Greg Habeeb (R)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Payment of wages; remedies; penalties.

Expands the information an employer is required to provide to its employees when wages are paid to include the name and address of the employer, the number of hours worked during the pay period, and the rate of pay. The measure prohibits an employer from taking retaliatory action against an employee, and an employee who has been discharged or discriminated against may file a complaint with the Department of Labor and Industry and seek appropriate remedies. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with the prohibition on retaliatory actions and collect on behalf of the employee three times the amount of unpaid wages and three times the amount of wages the employee would have earned absent the prohibited discrimination. The Commission is further authorized to assess and collect a civil penalty of no less than $2,500 and no more than $10,000 per employee subject to the prohibited discrimination. Finally, the measure authorizes the Department to conduct investigations on behalf of other employees if it learns that other employees of the same employer are not being paid wages. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/02/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102439D
  • 01/02/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 01/18/2018 - House: Referred from Commerce and Labor
  • 01/18/2018 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/22/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB259)
  • 01/23/2018 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
  • 01/24/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
  • 01/24/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 8-N)
  • 02/05/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
  • 02/07/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
  • 02/13/2018 - House: Left in Appropriations

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