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Panel weighs bill giving L&I discretion to investigate wage complaints and assess penalties
Summary
House Bill 2478 would allow the Department of Labor and Industries discretion to initiate investigations of wage complaints rather than requiring investigation of every filed complaint, and would permit L&I to assess civil penalties on investigations it initiates; the department said the change would let it pursue employer-wide problems efficiently.
House Bill 2478, presented Jan. 21 to the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee, would change current law that requires the Department of Labor and Industries to investigate every wage complaint filed under the Wage Payment Act. The bill would instead give L&I discretion to investigate complaints and, when the department initiates an investigation, allow it to assess…
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