Payroll Audit Program for Workers
Official: Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025
The Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025 establishes a program that helps employers audit their payroll to ensure workers are paid correctly. This is important because it can quickly resolve pay issues and benefit employees who may have been underpaid.
Resilient Transit Act of 2025This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide grants under the State of Good Repair Grants Program to assist states and local governments in financing public transportation resilience improvement projects that increase the resilience of public transportation systems from the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters. Under the program, grants may be used for (1) standalone projects, and (2) components of capital projects. DOT must submit an annual report to Congress on the grants provided under this bill and publish the report on DOT's website.
1. This bill creates a program to help workers get paid what they are owed. 2. It allows employers to voluntarily audit their payroll practices. 3. The program aims to fix mistakes related to minimum wage and overtime pay. 4. It has shown to return more back wages to employees faster than traditional methods. 5. The program targets employers who might not usually be checked for compliance.
Workers who are not receiving the correct minimum wage or overtime pay.