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PA HB2105
Bill
Status
12/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Seth Grove
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Employer Self-audit Act requiring the Secretary of Labor and Industry to create a voluntary program allowing employers to identify and remedy unpaid wages or negligent violations of Pennsylvania labor laws
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Applies to violations of five labor acts: Wage Payment and Collection Law, Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, Minimum Wage Act of 1968, Construction Workplace Misclassification Act, and Child Labor Act
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Employers must submit self-audit results, affected employee lists, unpaid wage calculations, and proof that violations have been corrected; applications must be approved or denied within 30 days
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Approved employers receive a warning for first violations and are exempt from administrative penalties; employees may accept settlement payments (waiving private lawsuit rights) or decline and retain their right to sue
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Excludes willful violations, violations causing bodily injury to minors, and record falsification; employers currently under investigation or with violations in the past 5 years are ineligible
Legislative Description
Providing for employer self-audit program to foster collaboration with employers to voluntarily remedy unpaid wages owed to an affected employee or cure a negligent violation that was the result of an employer inadvertently violating a labor act.
Last Action
Referred to Labor & Industry
12/17/2025