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Bill to bar use of immigration threats to silence workers advances amid enforcement questions
Summary
Sponsor Doug Orman and worker‑advocacy groups told the House Economic Matters Committee that House Bill 1476 would bar employers from using immigration status as a tool to intimidate or retaliate against workers who report labor law violations.
Sponsor Doug Orman and advocates testified in support of House Bill 1476, which would prohibit employers from using immigration status as a threat or tool of coercion to deter workers from reporting wage, safety, tax or labor law violations. The bill adds immigration‑status disclosure and immigration‑based threats to the list of protected categories and creates an enforcement path through the Commissioner of Labor and Industry with a mediation‑first approach and graded fines ($1,000 first offense up to $10,000 for repeat violations).
Why it matters: CASA and other worker‑advocacy witnesses said immigrant workers are at heightened…
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