SB 310: Failure to pay wages: penalties.

This bill aims to amend the labor code to improve the process for recovering penalties for failure to pay wages. Currently, the penalty is either recovered by an employee as a statutory penalty or by the labor commissioner as a civil penalty. The bill would allow the $200 penalty for each subsequent violation, or any willful or intentional violation, to be recovered through an independent civil action. This change would provide employees with more options for seeking compensation for unpaid wages.