The Low-Wage Employer fee will require companies with 500 or more employees to pay a reasonable hourly-based fee (Low-Wage Employer Fee) for every worker earning $15 or less per hour. Franchisee employment sigmaessays™ counts toward the franchisor for the purposes of determining coverage. The Labor Commissioner is responsible for fee collection and proposing regulations to this effect.

This legislation directs the Legislature to appropriate revenue from the fee to the Department of Social Services to support and improve consumer-directed services for the elderly and disabled, and to the Office of Early Childhood to increase access to and to support and improve childcare and early learning programs for the children of low-wage workers.

Enforcement—the legislation allows employers to file a complaint to contest fees owed. The Attorney General is empowered to investigate alleged violations of the Act brought by the Labor Commissioner.

Advisory Board Composition—the legislation establishes a 13-member Low Wage Employer Advisory Board made up of employers and representatives of workers who deliver and receive services. The Governor and legislative leadership have the responsibility to appoint Board members who serve 4-year terms without compensation. The Board is located within the Labor Department for administrative purposes only.
Advisory Board Duties—the Board shall advise the Labor Commissioner, the Departments of Social Services and Developmental Services and the Office of Early Childhood generally on matters related to the outline for research paper apa implementation of the low wage employer fee, public assistance usage among working residents of the state, improvement of the quality of public assistance programs affecting such residents, wages and working conditions for the workforce delivering services to low-wage working families and reliance of large businesses on state-funded public assistance programs.

The Low Wage Employer Fee must be used by the state for child care and healthcare services that are basic needs for working families, especially for single moms and their children.