HB336
Nonpayment of wages; investigations.
Summary
As Introduced. Nonpayment of wages; investigations.
Authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, if he acquires information during an investigation of a complaint of an employer's failure or refusal to pay wages and that information creates a reasonable belief that other employees of the same employer may not have been paid wages, to investigate whether the ... (More) employer has failed or refused to make a required payment of wages to other employees. The measure also provides that if the Commissioner finds in the course of such investigation that the employer has committed a violation, the Commissioner may institute proceedings on behalf of any employee against his employer. In such proceedings, the Commissioner is not required to have obtained a written complaint of the violation or the written and signed consent of any employee. This bill is identical to SB 49. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/01/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102626D
- 01/01/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/16/2020 - House: Referred from General Laws
- 01/16/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/21/2020 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/28/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/2020 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/03/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2020 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)
- 02/05/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (62-Y 37-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/06/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB336)
- 02/06/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/2020 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/2020 - House: Enrolled
- 02/25/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB336ER)
- 02/25/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB336ER)
- 02/25/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- 03/03/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- 03/10/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/20)
- 03/10/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)
