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IN SB0416
Bill
Status
1/12/2015
Primary Sponsor
Karen Tallian
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AI Summary
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Employers must post employee work schedules showing hours and days at least 7 days prior to the first scheduled day of each pay period, including for on-call employees.
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Employers must pay employees at least one-half of scheduled unworked hours at the regular rate of pay or minimum wage, whichever is higher, when employees are sent home early or scheduled shifts are terminated.
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Chapter does not affect negotiated collective bargaining agreements or bona fide scheduling agreements between employers and employees.
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Employers violating scheduling or payment provisions are liable for unpaid wages plus an equal amount as liquidated damages, with actions filed within 2 years in circuit/superior court or through IC 22-2-2-9(b) procedure.
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Courts must award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to prevailing plaintiffs; class actions permitted with employee written consent; employee contracts accepting lesser wages are not a defense.
Legislative Description
Employee's right to scheduled employment. Requires an employer to post a schedule of hours and days to be worked by certain employees not less than seven days prior to the first day that the employee is scheduled to work during that pay period. Requires an employer to pay an employee for not less than 1/2 of the unworked hours, as scheduled, if: (1) the employee is sent home or released from employment early on a scheduled day of employment; or (2) a scheduled shift of employment is terminated. Provides that an employer that fails to post a schedule or pay
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Pensions & Labor
1/12/2015