Bill > HB4404

This bill amends Section 18 of the 1978 PA 390 Act, which regulates the payment of wages and fringe benefits to employees. The key provisions include: 1. Increasing the penalty rate for unpaid wages and fringe benefits from 10% to 100% annually. 2. Allowing the Department to order employers to pay up to 3 times the amount of unpaid wages and fringe benefits as exemplary damages if the violation is flagrant or repeated. 3. Increasing the maximum civil fine the Department can assess on employers who violate the Act from $1,000 to $10,000. 4. Specifying that the civil fines collected will be credited to the state's general fund. The bill takes effect 90 days after it is enacted into law.