; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (6) to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver that would prohibit the employee from disclosing information about the employee’s wages. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Subsection (a)(3)(B) shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of such employee’s essential job functions discloses the wages of such other employees to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless such disclosure is in response to a complaint or charge or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action under section 6(d), including an investigation conducted by the employer. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the rights of an employee provided under any other provision of law. . (c) Enhanced penalties Section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 216(b) ) is amended— (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: Any employer who violates section 6(d) shall additionally be liable for such compensatory damages, or, where the employee demonstrates that the employer acted with malice or reckless indifference, punitive damages as may be appropriate, except that the United States shall not be liable for punitive damages. ; (2) in the sentence beginning An action to , by striking either of the preceding sentences and inserting any of the preceding sentences of this subsection ; (3) in the sentence beginning No employees shall , by striking No employees and inserting Except with respect to class actions brought to enforce section 6(d), no employee ; (4) by inserting after the sentence referred to in paragraph (3), the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, any action brought to enforce section 6(d) may be maintained as a class action as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.