SB906: Relating to transparency concerning employer deductions from wages.

Legislative Summary

The Act makes new laws that require employers to explain certain details about employee pay stubs. The Act tells BOLI to make a sample document for employers to use to explain those details. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9). [Digest: The Act makes new requirements for employee pay stubs. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1).] [Requires that itemized statements provided to employees show, in plain language, the amount and purpose of each deduction.] Requires employers to provide to all employees, at the time of hire, a written explanation of earnings and deductions shown on itemized statements. Describes the ways in which an employer may satisfy the requirement. Establishes specifications for the contents of the written explanation. Requires employers to review and update the information provided in the written explanation by January 1 of each year. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries to impose civil penalties for violations of the requirements. Directs the Bureau of Labor and Industries to develop and make available to employers a model written guidance document in English and in Spanish and, if requested, in other languages, to the extent practicable.