Bill Text: MS HB440 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Dept Of Corrections; require to pay employees for all overtime worked before 7-1-15, and then pay for overtime on monthly basis.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB440 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2015-HB440-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Corrections; Appropriations

By: Representatives DeBar, McLeod

House Bill 440

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PAY ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE WORKED OVERTIME IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL SUCH OVERTIME WORKED BEFORE JULY 1, 2015, FOR WHICH PAYMENT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT, FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2015, TO PAY EMPLOYEES FOR WORKING OVERTIME IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, WITH THE PAYMENT FOR THE OVERTIME TO BE MADE NOT LATER THAN ONE MONTH AFTER THE OVERTIME IS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Not later than July 1, 2015, the Mississippi Department of Corrections shall pay all employees of the department who have worked overtime in their employment for all such overtime worked before July 1, 2015, for which payment is required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.  From and after July 1, 2015, the department shall pay employees for working overtime in their employment on an ongoing basis, with the payment for the overtime to be made not later than one (1) month after the overtime is reported to the department.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.