1395-S AMH SHMK ELGE 167

SHB 1395 - H AMD 327

By Representative Schmick

NOT CONSIDERED 12/23/2019

On page 4, after line 17, insert the following:

"(7) If the department or a court determines that the claim made by an employee, interested party, or third party for an employer's failure to pay wages or fringe or other benefit payments or contributions under this act is false, the employer against whom the claim was made has a cause of action against the employee, interested party, or third party for treble damages."

EFFECT: Provides that if an employee, interested party, or third party makes a claim that is determined by the Department of Labor and Industries or a court to be false, the employer against whom the claim was made has a cause of action against the employee, interested party, or third party for treble damages.

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