Every employee who having complied with the requirements of §§ 193—193c of this title has any amount whatsoever illegally deducted from his salary or from his vacation or sick leave shall have the right to collect, through civil action filed by him or by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources in his name, the difference due plus an amount equal to the unpaid amount, as additional compensation in addition to court costs, expenses, interest and fees for the lawyers in the procedure, the latter at a reasonable sum that shall never be less than fifty dollars ($50).
History —July 12, 1986, No. 122, p. 394, § 4.