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HB 1150 Wages; employer who willfully fails to pay, penalty.

Introduced by: Jeion A. Ward | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Willful failure to pay wages; penalty. Clarifies that wages owed to more than one employee may be aggregated in determining whether an employer's willful failure to pay wages is a misdemeanor or a felony. Currently, an employer who willfully and with intent to defraud fails or refuses to pay wages is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the value of the unpaid wages is less than $10,000 and a Class 6 felony if the value of the unpaid wages is $10,000 or more.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Willful failure to pay wages. Provides that an employer who willfully and with intent to defraud fails or refuses to pay wages to more than one employee is guilty of a Class 6 felony with regard to each such employee if the value of the wages earned and not paid to each such employee is $10,000 or more. The measure also allows wages owed to more than one employee to be aggregated in determining whether a willful failure to pay wages is a misdemeanor or a felony.