Ellen Campbell
- Republican
Primary
Provides that an employee has a private cause of action against an employer who fails to pay wages. The measure provides that if the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay the wages, it shall also award the employee reasonable attorney fees and other costs. If the court finds that the employer's failure to pay wages was willful and with intent to defraud the employee, the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney fees and other costs plus an additional sum equal to treble the amount of wages due.
Left in Courts of Justice
Read second time
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
Read first time
Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102364D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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