OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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HB-5005
AN ACT EXPANDING PAID SICK DAYS IN THE STATE.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 5758
File Copy No.: 617
House Calendar No.: 232
Senate Calendar No.: 373
Primary Analyst: CR 5/6/24
Contributing Analyst(s): CW (NF)
Reviewer: CW
OFA Fiscal Note
Potential Cost
The amendment removes the exclusion of construction-related
employees from the "employee" definition in the underlying bill. As a
result, more employees would be covered under the paid sick
provisions, which could increase the enforcement-related workload at
the Department of Labor (DOL). Depending on the workload increase,
DOL would need to hire an additional Wage Enforcement Agent.
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The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of
informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.
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As a reference, the annualized cost for a Wage Enforcement Agent is $93,984 for
salary, $38,768 for fringe benefits, and $8,000 for overhead costs.