Wage and Hour Enforcement Amendments Backed by House Labor Panel

The House Education and Labor Committee advanced a bill aimed at cracking down on wage and hour violations by strengthening the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The labor panel voted 27-19 Wednesday to approve H.R. 7701, known as the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act, and send the measure to the full House for consideration.

The legislation would require employers to regularly provide workers with pay stubs detailing how their wages are calculated, increase the civil monetary penalties for wage and hour violations, and ban employers from including provisions in arbitration agreements or class action waivers for wage and ...