CHAPTER 88

An Act to amend and reenact § 40-24, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
to require that certain employers establish regular pay periods and
rates of pay for nonsupervisory employees and to fix penalties for
violation of such section. rH 801]

Approved March 2, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 40-24, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 40-24. (a) All employers engaged in the operation of any business
establishment shall establish regular pay periods and rates of pay for
employees except executive personnel and shall pay salaried employees at
least once each month and employees paid on an hourly rate at least once
every two weeks or twice in each month. Upon termination of employment
an employee shall be paid all wages or salaries due him for work per-
formed prior thereto; such payment shall be made on or before the date
on which he would have been paid for such work had his employment not
been terminated.

(b) Payment of wages or salaries shall be in lawful money of the
United States or check payable at face value upon demand in lawful money
of the United States.

(c) No employer shall withhold any part of the wages or salaries of
any employee except for payroll, wage or withholding taxes or in accord-
ance with law, without the written and signed authorization of the
employee. An employer, upon request of his employee, shall furnish the
latter a written statement of the gross wages earned by the employee
during any pay period and the amount and purpose of any deductions
therefrom.

(d) An employer who violates this section shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or confined in jail for any term
not to exceed one year, or both.

__ (e) The Commissioner may require a written complaint of the viola-
tion of this section and, with the written and signed consent of an
employee, may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce
compliance with this section, and to collect any moneys unlawfully with-

from such employee which shall be paid to the employee entitled
ereto.