Bill > HB1480

This bill establishes new civil penalties for violations of child labor laws, with fines potentially reaching over $16,000 for each violation and significantly higher for willful or repeated offenses, with these amounts subject to annual inflation adjustments. It also prohibits employers from creating certain types of employee organizations that are initiated by the employer and involve supervisors and employees negotiating working conditions, especially if these organizations are not subject to federal labor laws like the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Furthermore, the bill allows private sector employees to petition the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) to resolve labor disputes if the NLRA is entirely repealed or if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that oversees the NLRA, cedes its jurisdiction to the state, and it prevents Executive Branch units from seeking waivers from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, and other labor standards.