Sec. 31-71g. Penalty.
Sec. 31-71g. Penalty. Any employer or any officer or agent of an employer or any
other person authorized by an employer to pay wages who violates any provision of this
part may be: (1) Fined not less than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars
or imprisoned not more than five years or both for each offense if the total amount of
all unpaid wages owed to an employee is more than two thousand dollars; (2) fined not
less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than
one year or both for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages owed to an
employee is more than one thousand dollars but not more than two thousand dollars;
(3) fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned
not more than six months or both for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid wages
owed to an employee is more than five hundred but not more than one thousand dollars;
or (4) fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than three months or both for each offense if the total amount of all unpaid
wages owed to an employee is five hundred dollars or less.
(1967, P.A. 714, S. 7; P.A. 78-358, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-392, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 78-358 made imposition of penalty optional rather than mandatory, substituting "may" for "shall", imposed
minimum fine of $200 and raised maximum fine from $200 to $1,000; P.A. 93-392 increased the maximum penalty for
violating the state's wage laws from $1,000 and 30 days to $5,000 and five years, and to allow for the imposition of varying
fines and prison terms based on the amount of wages owed by an employer.
Cited. 212 C. 294. Structural relationship to Sec. 31-72 discussed. 243 C. 454.
Cited. 36 CA 29. Cited. 37 CA 379.