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H2161 • 2025

An Act ensuring fair and full employee compensation

An Act ensuring fair and full employee compensation

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Sponsor
David Allen Robertson
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5362
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act ensuring fair and full employee compensation

An Act ensuring fair and full employee compensation By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act ensuring fair and full employee compensation By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2161) of David Allen Robertson relative to ensuring fair and full employee compensation.
  • Labor and Workforce Development.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5362

  2. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-12:20 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing date changed

  3. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-12:20 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-11-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/17/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in B-1

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act ensuring fair and full employee compensation
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2161) of David Allen Robertson relative to ensuring fair and full employee compensation. Labor and Workforce Development.

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Bill H.2161

Section 148 of Chapter 149 shall be amended by inserting the following section:

Any employer paying wages to an employee by any means other than check or draft must make check or draft options available for the paid wages without charge by deduction from the face amount thereof or otherwise.

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