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Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
Subject: Labor and employment
Description: Requires employers to make initial and modified disclosures to employees of the terms of their employment, provide such employees with regular paystubs, and make a final payment to an employee for uncompensated work hours within 14 days of the employee's termination. Employers must also allow employees access to wage records. An employer must compensate an employee at the rate specified in an employment contract, including a collective bargaining agreement, that specifies a rate of pay higher than the minimum wage rate. The bill makes all of such unpaid wages recoverable through civil enforcement. The bill establishes new and increased civil and criminal penalties for violations of 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 Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor must provide grants to specified organizations, including nonprofits and educational institutions, to enhance the enforcement of wage and hour laws. The Government Accountability Office must study and report on successful grant programs.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 19.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2022
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7701/all-info
Companion Bill: SB4174
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46 sponsors: Rosa DeLauro (D); Robert Scott (D); Andre Carson (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Barbara Lee (D); Gregorio Sablan (I); James McGovern (D); Marie Newman (D); Katie Porter (D); Mondaire Jones (D); Nanette Barragan (D); Suzanne Bonamici (D); Pramila Jayapal (D); Sara Jacobs (D); John Larson (D); Janice Schakowsky (D); Frederica Wilson (D); Nydia Velazquez (D); Michael San Nicolas (D); Kweisi Mfume (D); Jamie Raskin (D); Jamaal Bowman (D); Bobby Rush (D); Sylvia Garcia (D); Ilhan Omar (D); Mark Takano (D); Alma Adams (D); Bonnie Coleman (D); Henry Johnson (D); Haley Stevens (D); Grace Meng (D); Danny Davis (D); Rashida Tlaib (D); Dwight Evans (D); Rebecca Sherrill (D); Mark Pocan (D); Jerrold Nadler (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Mary Gay Scanlon (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Karen Bass (D); Donald Norcross (D); David Cicilline (D); Betty McCollum (D); Adriano Espaillat (D); Jahana Hayes (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 18 2022 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. |
| House | May 18 2022 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 19. |
| House | May 10 2022 | Introduced in House |
| House | May 10 2022 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 12 2022 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
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