PENNSYLVANIA, March 19 - PRINTER'S NO. 467

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

458

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, KEARNEY, KANE,

SCHWANK AND COSTA, MARCH 19, 2021

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 19, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.637, No.329), entitled

"An act relating to the payment of wages or compensation for

labor or services; providing for regular pay days; conferring

powers and duties upon the Department of Labor and Industry,

including powers and duties with respect to the civil

collection of wages; providing civil and criminal penalties

for violations of the act; providing for their collection and

disposition and providing for additional civil damages,"

further providing for notification; providing for duty of

employer; and imposing criminal and civil penalties.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4 of the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.637,

No.329), known as the Wage Payment and Collection Law, is

amended to read:

Section 4. Notification.--(a) It shall be the duty of every

employer to notify his employes at the time of hiring of the

time and place of payment and the rate of pay and the amount of

any fringe benefits or wage supplements to be paid to the

employe, a third party or a fund for the benefit of the employe

and any change with respect to any of these items prior to the

time of said change. Alternatively, however, every employer may

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