Adds to existing law to require the Department of Health and Welfare to prepare and file a public benefit program employer report, to provide the contents of the report and to provide what the report shall be subject to and what shall not be included in the report.

This bill requires the Department of Health and Welfare to compile an annual report that identifies fifty (50) employers who employ fifty (50) or more employees that have the highest number of employees on public benefitprograms. Thepurposeofthisbillistoidentifyemployersthatpaylowwagesandinsufficientbenefits to the extent that their employees are compelled to resort to public benefit programs. When large, profitable employers pay low wages and limited benefits, they shift the burden of these saved costs to taxpayers in the form of public benefit programs. This report will help the legislature obtain data that can be used to protect workers and strengthen the economy of Idaho.