Collection of unpaid wages.

WORKING DRAFT
2014
STATE OF
WYOMING
14LSO-0214

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0057

Collection of unpaid wages.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Byrd

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
the collection of unpaid wages; amending the definition of unpaid wages to not exclude the value of accrued vacation;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 27
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4
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501(a)(iii) is amended to read:

27
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501.

Definitions.

(a)

Whenever used in this act:

(iii)

"Wages" means compensation, including fringe benefits, for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, commission, or other basis
;
, but does not include the value of vacation leave accrued at the date of
termination if the written policies of the employer provide that accrued vacation is forfeited upon termination of employment and the written policies are acknowledged in writing by the employee;

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2014.

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