Virginia House Bill 482 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-30 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nonpayment of wages; private action. Affirms that an employee has cause of action against an employer who fails to pay wages to recover the wages and prejudgment interest at eight percent annually from the date the wages were due. The measure provides that if the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay the wages, it shall also award the employee reasonable attorney fees and court costs. If the court finds that the employer's failure to pay wages was willful and with intent to defraud the employee, the court shall also award the employee reasonable attorney fees and court costs plus an additional sum equal to the amount of wages due.

Nonpayment of wages; private action.

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-30	House	Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB123-Carroll Foy) by voice vote
2020-01-14	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
2020-01-03	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103335D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	29	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB482
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB482+hil