3.0.0 1652 2023-01-11T13:37:01Z 2023-01-11T13:37:01Z Senate S 2017-07-27 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-27T19:53:30Z Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act 115 3467 HR 2017-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2017-07-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-07-27 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-07-27 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-07-27 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-07-27 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-07-27 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-07-27 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-07-27 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-07-27 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-07-27 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-07-27 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-07-27 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2017-07-27 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-07-27 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-07-27 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-07-27 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-07-27 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-07-27 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-07-27 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-08-01 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-02-07 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2018-09-18 False Labor and Employment Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Community life and organization Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Employment discrimination and employee rights Government studies and investigations Labor standards Personnel records Wages and earnings Labor and Employment 00 2017-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-26T19:31:28Z Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to require employers to make initial disclosures to employees of the terms of their employment, provide such employees with regular paystubs, and make final payment to a terminating employee for uncompensated hours within 14 days of the employee's termination.

An employer shall compensate an employee at the rate specified in an employment contract or other employment agreement, including a collective bargaining agreement, that specifies a rate of pay higher than the minimum wage rate.

The bill establishes new and increased civil and criminal penalties for violations of FLSA overtime or minimum wage requirements, including referral to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution of employers who engage in wage theft, falsification of wage records, or retaliation against employees.

The bill: (1) increases damages for employees who are victims of wage theft from two to three times the wages owed or who are fired for filing a complaint concerning wage theft or for cooperating in an investigation by the Department of Labor, (2) revises requirements for wage recordkeeping by employers and establishes penalties for violations of those requirements, (3) grants employees the right to inspect employer wage records, and (4) increases the statute of limitation for bringing a claim for owed wages from two to four years (three to five years for willful violations).

Labor must award grants to assist certain entities in the enforcement of FLSA wage and hour requirements.

]]> Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Display Title Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 to prevent wage theft and assist in the recovery of stolen wages, to authorize the Secretary of Labor to administer grants to prevent wage and hour violations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Introduced in Senate 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1652is/xml/BILLS-115s1652is.xml 2017-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.