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Enforce maintenance of compensation

Years 1–4 (requirement lasts 3 years after each worker's wave) · DOL Wage & Hour Division; employers; unionsDiscuss this step

Employers that paid health premiums must convert their savings into wages or other compensation. In steady state employers paid $1.05T in premiums (private, federal, state & local) and owe $873.4B in the new tax; 85% of the difference is assumed to reach paychecks.

Legal vehicle
Universal Health Act, Title VIII; DOL enforcement; collective bargaining law (NLRA).
Who does it
DOL Wage & Hour Division; employers; unions
When
Years 1–4 (requirement lasts 3 years after each worker's wave)

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