Reasonable Minimum Wage Bill (Law'd)

[Vepres]

Clause 4 could be abused in certain cases, perhaps a lower penalty.

[Vepres]

Clause 4 could be abused in certain cases, perhaps a lower penalty.

I take breaking wage laws very very seriously. You're essentially robbing someone of the ability to live their life, as such I think this penalty is just fine, perhaps even too kind.

Besides, there's alot of wage law breaches that go on in America today, and it's because of a lack of serious penalties or enforcement. We need to guard against such things.

I understand your concerns, but is five-year jail time really necessary for one or two workers getting low wages? There should be a clause that limits the penalty for small offenders. However, much higher penalties should be given to large corporations.

Also, you may want to further increase the penalties if the workers with low wages are illegal aliens.

[Vepres]

I object.

A fine of up to £30,000 for one violation, deliberate or in error (and trust me it happens! People in my workplace were paid under the minimum wage for 3 months due to an error) could be enough to close a workplace down and cast it's employees into unemployment. The reasons for taking legal action against an employer have to be tightened in the legislation.

Good thing we don't use pounds.

[Vepres]

I object.

A fine of up to £30,000 for one violation, deliberate or in error (and trust me it happens! People in my workplace were paid under the minimum wage for 3 months due to an error) could be enough to close a workplace down and cast it's employees into unemployment. The reasons for taking legal action against an employer have to be tightened in the legislation.

Good thing we don't use pounds.

Yes. Given the weakness of the Dollar

In all seriousness, that's actually a pretty small fine, I mean, $5.28 isn't very much