period to such employee, the hours worked each day and each work-
week by such employee, and such other information as the Commis-
sioner shall prescribe by regulation as necessary or appropriate for
the enforcement of the provisions of this Act or of the regulations
thereunder.
Such records shall be open for inspection or transcription by the
Commissioner or his authorized representatives at any reasonable
time. Every such employer shall furnish to the Commissioner or to
his authorized representative on demand a sworn statement of such
records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the
Commissioner.
88. Every employer subject to any provision of this Act or of
any regulations issued under this Act shall keep a summary of this
Act, approved by the Commissioner, and copies of, or summaries of,
any regulations issued under the Act, posted in a conspicuous and
accessible place in or about the premises wherein any person subject
thereto is employed. The Commissioner shall furnish copies of such
summaries and regulations to any employer upon request without
charge.
89. (a) Any employer who pays or agrees to pay wages at a rate
less than the rate applicable under this Act shall be deemed in viola-
tion of this Act and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less
than $500 $200 nor more than $2500. $1000. Any employer who
violates any other provision of the Act, or hinders or delays the
Commissioner or his authorized representative in the performance
of his duties in the enforcement of this Act, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not less than $500 $200 nor more than $2500. $1000.
(b) Any employer who discharges or in any other manner dis-
criminates against any employee because such employee has made
any complaint to his employer, to the Commissioner or his authorized
representative, that he has not been paid wages in accordance with
the provisions of this Act, or because such employee has instituted
any proceeding under or related to this Act, or because such employee
has testified in any such proceeding, OR ANY EMPLOYEE WHO
MAKES ANY GROUNDLESS, UNFOUNDED OR MALICIOUS
COMPLAINT TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OR IN BAD FAITH INSTITUTES OR TES-
TIFIES IN ANY PROCEEDING UNDER OR RELATING TO
THIS ACT shall be deemed in violation of this Act and shall, upon
conviction therefor, be fined not less than $500 $200 nor more than
$2500. $1000.
90. (a) Any employer who pays any employee less than wages to
which such employee is entitled under or by virtue of this Act shall
be liable to such employee for the full amount of such wage rate,
less any amount actually paid to such employee by the employer,
and for costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as may be allowed
by the court. Any agreement between such employee and the
employer to work for less than such wage rate shall be no defense
to such action. Such action may be maintained in any court of com-
petent jurisdiction by any one or more employees for and in behalf
of himself or themselves.
(b) At the written request of any employee paid less than the
wages to which he is entitled under or by virtue of this Act, the
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