Sec. 4. Equal pay for equal work
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A temporary staff agency or host employer, whichever is responsible for payment of the temporary worker, shall pay the temporary worker at a rate that is not less than the same average starting wage rate of a permanent employee of the host employer who performs the same or substantially similar work as the temporary worker. No temporary staffing agency or host employer may lower the wage of any individual in order to comply with this section. Any temporary staffing agency that violates this section with respect to a temporary worker shall be liable to such temporary worker for an amount equal to the sum of— the amount that equal to the difference between— the amount that such temporary worker was entitled to under subsection
(a)during the period with respect to which the violation occurred; and the amount that such temporary worker was paid for such period; and $100 for the first 10 violations of this section with respect to such temporary worker; or $250 for each such violation thereafter. The temporary staffing agency and host employer shall communicate as necessary in order to implement this section.