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IN SB0099
Bill
AI Summary
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Expands valid wage assignment purposes to include rental of uniforms, shirts, pants, and other job-related clothing, as well as purchase of equipment or tools necessary for employment duties, limited to the employer's direct cost from external vendors.
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Caps total wage assignments for uniforms and equipment at the lesser of $2,500 per year or 5% of the employee's weekly disposable earnings.
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Prohibits employers from charging employees or making wage assignments for personal protective equipment required under federal OSHA regulations (29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, and 1926).
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Retroactively legalizes prior employer deductions for rental of uniforms, shirts, pants, or job-related clothing made before the act's effective date, provided proper written agreement requirements were met.
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Declared an emergency measure, making the act effective immediately upon passage.
Legislative Description
Wage assignments for clothing and tools. Provides that a wage assignment may be made for the rental of uniform shirts, pants, and job-related clothing. Provides that a wage assignment may be made for the purchase of equipment or tools necessary to fulfill the duties of employment. Provides that an employee shall not be charged or subject to a wage assignment for personal protective equipment except for those instances provided under federal rules. Provides that the total amount of wages subject to assignment for the purchase of uniforms and equipment or rental of uniform shirts, pants and job-related clothing may not exceed certain amounts. Legalizes deductions made before the passage of the bill by an employer from the wages of an employee for the rental of uniforms, shirts, pants, or other job-related clothing.
Last Action
Public Law 147
5/1/2019