Authorizes Division of Labor Standards and the attorney general to investigate wage complaints and bring action on behalf of aggrieved employees, with modifications to employer penalties for wage-related claims, including employee misclassification..

Establishes violation of when an employer does not pay an employee for work that the employee has performed, depriving such employee of wages to which the employee is legally entitled including, but not limited to, violation of minimum wage requirements, failure to pay overtime compensation, required off-the clock work, failure to provide final compensation payments, misclassification of employees as exempt from overtime compensation or as independent contractors, and improperly withholding gratuities.

Dead.

02/28/2023 Introduced in House. Read first time.
03/01/2023 Read second time in House.
03/09/2023 Missed crossover deadline.