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SF 1328 Senate Long Description

"Wage Theft Protection Act"; classifying complaints to the department of labor and industry; modifying the definition of employee and the workweek; prescribing rest and meal breaks duration and frequency; modifying employer liability damages payments; specifying commissioner of labor and industry required actions; allowing employees to choose to have an organization bring action; allowing employee and organization complaints and filings; requiring wage bonds under certain conditions; requiring protection of immigrant workers; requiring the commissioner to make grant to community organizations for employee outreach and education purposes; prohibiting employer retaliation; expanding employer crimes with penalties and requiring penalties deposit in a special account; modifying the required statement of earnings by employers to employees; regulating contracts for labor or services, requiring a written contract, and prescribing penalties; requiring employee written statements from employers describing employment terms and conditions; providing a six-year statute of limitations regarding wage recovery; appropriating money to the commissioner of labor and industry; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing a certain rule
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