INTRODUCTION
Senate File No. 602 amends two separate sections of law relating to payment of wages upon discharge and payment of wages upon quitting or resignation. Similar changes are made to each section of law.
Section 1 amends a law regulating an employer’s payment of wages upon the discharge of an employee. It requires the payment of wages at a rate in excess of the regular rate if the higher rate is set by law, regulation, rule, ordinance, government resolution or policy, contract or other legal authority. An employee may recover an additional amount equal to the unpaid wages as compensatory damages. An employee need not demand payment in writing. The amount of pay being sought need not be set in a contract between the employee and employer.
Section 2 amends the law in the same manner as Section 1 for employees who quit or resign. Additionally, Section 2 repeals a provision that denies employees the rights granted by the amended section of law if the employee has not properly accounted for or paid over to the employer any money or property entrusted to the employee by the employer. Prohibits an employer from making deductions from wages due unless permitted by section 181.79.
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