| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.337 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #379383 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.337 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Logan of Burlington, Bos-Lun of Westminster, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Casey of Montpelier, Cina of Burlington, Cole of Hartford, 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Cordes of Bristol, Headrick of Burlington, Hooper of 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Burlington, McCann of Montpelier, McGill of Bridport, 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Priestley of Bradford, and Tomlinson of Winooski 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Date: 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subject: Labor; Commissioner of Labor; duties 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require the 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Commissioner of Labor to make public enforcement actions taken against 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | employers for violations of wage and hour, prevailing wage, and child labor 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | laws. 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | An act relating to duties of the Commissioner of Labor 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 1. 21 V.S.A. § 4 is amended to read: 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | § 4. DUTIES AS TO EMPLOYMENT AND PAYMENT OF WAGES 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s agent shall make 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | examinations and investigations to see that the laws pertaining to the 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.337 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VT LEG #379383 v.1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | employment of minors and the weekly payment of wages are being complied 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | with and for such purposes may enter any place where persons are employed. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s agent shall publish 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | information on the enforcement actions taken by the Department of Labor’s 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Wage and Hour Program concerning minimum wage, overtime, prevailing 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | wage, and child labor. The information shall be published in a searchable 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | format on a publicly accessible website. The identity of complainants shall be 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | excluded, as well as information that is more than six years old. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 10 |
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