SB2769: Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
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.
Plain-language summary
This bill would update two federal labor laws from the 1930s and 1940s to make it easier for workers to recover unpaid wages and for the government to punish employers who steal wages. Wage theft means when employers illegally fail to pay workers for hours worked, delay paychecks, or take improper deductions. The bill gives the Labor Department money to help enforce these laws and support workers. It is currently in the early stage after being introduced in the Senate.
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SB2769: Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act
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Sponsors
Patty Murray
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (32)
Bernard Sanders
Tammy Baldwin
Richard Blumenthal
Cory Booker
Sherrod Brown