SHB 2097: Assisting workers in recovering wages owed.
Signed into law: Chapter 149, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Berry
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 149 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 18, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:02 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires the Department of Labor and Industries to convene a work group to develop and recommend strategies to help workers recover wages owed when the worker's employer violates provisions of the Minimum Wage Act or wage payment requirements. Creates a wage recovery fund and a three-year wage recovery pilot program.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 7, 202495 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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