; and (2) work sites of one or more host employers. (e) Right To refuse strikebreaking assignments No temporary staffing agency may assign a temporary worker a temporary work assignment with a host employer whose employees are, on the date of assignment, engaged in a strike, a lockout, or other work stoppage of any kind without notifying the temporary work of this fact and affording the temporary worker the opportunity to decline such assignment. (f) Liability Any temporary staffing agency who violates this section shall be liable to any temporary worker for damages equal to the sum of— (1) lost wages of the temporary worker; (2) liquidated damages, equal to the amount that is 2 times the amount described in paragraph (1); and (3) an amount equal to— (A) $100 for each of the first 10 violations of this section with respect to an temporary worker; and (B) $250 for each such violation thereafter. 4. Equal pay for equal work (a) Equal pay 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. (b) Prohibition No temporary staffing agency or host employer may lower the wage of any individual in order to comply with this section. (c) Penalty 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— (1) the amount that equal to the difference between— (A) the amount that such temporary worker was entitled to under subsection (a) during the period with respect to which the violation occurred; and (B) the amount that such temporary worker was paid for such period; and (2) (A) $100 for the first 10 violations of this section with respect to such temporary worker