HB0092 • 2017

Payment of wages upon termination-time limits.

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; permitting the time period for payment of wages upon termination of employment to be specified in a collective bargaining agreement; and providing for an effective date.

Labor

Enacted

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Sponsor: Representative Larsen
Last action: 2017-02-14
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 2/14/2017

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Amendments

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HB0092HS001

Standing Committee • HCorporations

Failed

Plain English: Failed Standing Committee by HCorporations

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Bill History

2017-02-14 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0011
2017-02-14 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2017-02-10 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0011
2017-02-10 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0011
2017-02-09 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0011
2017-02-09 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2017-02-08 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-02-07 Senate
S COW:Passed
2017-02-03 Senate
S Placed on General File
2017-02-03 Senate
S10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2017-02-01 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor
2017-01-23 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2017-01-23 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 58-0-2-0-0
2017-01-20 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2017-01-19 House
H COW:Passed
2017-01-18 House
H Placed on General File
2017-01-18 House
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2017-01-12 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2017-01-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2017-01-06 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
HB0092
Effective
:
Immediately

LSO No.:
17LSO-0494

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0011

Chapter No.:
11

Prime Sponsor:
Larsen

Catch Title:
Payment of wages upon termination-time limits.

Subject:

Est
ablish
es
the date for the
p
ayment
of wages
to an employee who
quit
s
or
i
s discharged whe
re
the employee ha
s
a collective bargaining
agreement
.

Summary/Major Elements:

Th
e
bill requires
that
an employee who has a
collective bargaining agreement
with an employer
must
receive, upon quitting or being terminated, any wages owed to him at
the
time specified in the agreement.

If no collective bargaining agreement specifies a payment date
, the employee must receive any wages owed to him no later than the next regularly scheduled payroll date.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0092

ENROLLED ACT NO. 11,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 27
‑
4
‑
104(
a) is amended to read:

27
‑
4
‑
104
.

Payment of employee quitting or discharged and suit for wages; generally.

(a)

Whenever an employee quits service or is discharged, the employee shall be paid whatever wages are due him in lawful money of the United States of America, or by check or draft which can be cashed at a bank, no later than the employer's usual practice on regularly scheduled payroll dates
or at a time specified under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between the employer and the employee
. The employer may offset from any monies due the employee as wages, any sums due the employer from the employee which have been incurred by the employee during his employment. This section does not apply to the earnings of a sales agent employed on a commission basis and having custody of accounts, money or goods of his principal where the net amount due the agent may not be determinable except after an audit or verification of sales, accounts, funds or stocks.

Section
2
.

This
act is
effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk