Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

SUMMARY

This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, strikes the bill and replaces it with changes to the penalties that may be assessed for violations of the employment leave for victims of violence law, as follows.

1. It increases the fine from up to $200 per violation to up to $1,000 per violation and provides that the fine applies only to denials of leave in violation of the law.

2. It provides that, for denial of leave in violation of the law, the employer must pay the affected individual an amount 3 times the total assessed fines.

3. It provides that, for termination in connection with exercising a right granted under the law, the affected individual may choose either to receive an amount 3 times the total assessed fines or reemployment with the employer with back wages.

The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill.