Chap. 0655 An Act requiring an employer to furnish an employee with a wage report.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 151A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 45 the following section: - Section 45A. (a) Whenever an employee is laid off or separated from employment, the employer shall furnish such employee an itemized monthly record of any wages earned while in the employment of the employer from the first day of the five most recently completed quarters up to and including the last day of such employment; provided, however, that if such employer had previously submitted such a statement

to his employee, the succeeding statement shall be for the period subsequent to that already submitted.

(b) The wage record required under this section shall be furnished to the employee not later than seven days after such separation from employment.

(c) The director may assess and collect a penalty of five dollars a day from any employer for the period for which the employer fails to furnish the wage record as required by this section. Approved June 10, 1954-