An honest day's pay for an honest day's work.
Most of the time, it's an equation that serves both employer and employee just fine.
Unfortunately, there are some occasions where a dispute, a mistake or - rarely, an unscrupulous boss - leads to an employee who does not receive all of the pay that he or she has coming.
Thanks to some changes to the law approved during the 2010 legislative session, the state Department of Labor & Industries will soon have enhanced tools to go after the worst offenders, the so-called "willful violators" with a track record of such behavior.
Substitute House Bill 3145, sponsored by state Rep. John McCoy, D-Tulalip, strengthens penalties and enforcement for wage payment complaints, including a doubling of the minimum penalty from $500 to $1,000.
The law takes effect June 10.
http://tdn.com/business/local/article_ae0da0e4-7022-11df-a148-001cc4c002e0.html
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