Labor And Employment
US Congress 115th Congress
National Paycheck Protection Act [HB-2127]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
National Paycheck Protection Act This bill amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require the written consent of an employee, after a notice period of at least 35 days, before such employee's labor organization dues may be used for any purpose not directly related to the labor organization's collective bargaining or contract administration functions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H2907) on 04/27/2017
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Fair Pay Act of 2017 [HB-2095]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Fair Pay Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Payment of different wages is allowed under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or differentials based on bona fide factors that the employer demonstrates are job-related or further legitimate business interests.) The bill allows compensatory or punitive damages for violations of such prohibition. The bill prohibits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 04/14/2017
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American Apprenticeship Act [S.862]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
American Apprenticeship Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to make competitive grants to assist states in, and to pay for the federal share of between 20% and 50% of the cost of, carrying out projects that defray the cost of instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. The bill defines: (1) "apprenticeship" as one registered under the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937; and (2) "pre-apprenticeship" as an initiative or set of strategies that provides training, that is designed to prepare individuals to enter
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/06/2017
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New Jobs Training Act [HB-2041]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
New Jobs Training Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to employers to partner with community colleges to create programs for training individuals for new jobs with such employers. A "new job" is defined as a job that: may include a new position within an existing job category that is not a job of a recalled worker, a replacement job, or any other job that existed in the employer's business in the year preceding the date of hire; is not a job that existed in a business operation or substantially similar business operation
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Lifetime Income Disclosure Act [S.868]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The "lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued" is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Murphy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/06/2017
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Lifetime Income Disclosure Act [HB-2055]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require pension benefit statements to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period. The disclosure must set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to the participant or beneficiary. The "lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued" is the amount of monthly payments the participant or beneficiary would receive if the total accrued benefits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 [HB-2049]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Environmental ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017 This bill amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after this bill's enactment. The trust fund compensates individuals who contract cancer or other diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation during nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War. The bill revises the requirements of that Act, including by: increasing the amount of compensation that an individual may receive; expanding the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 05/01/2017
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Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1912]
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[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to revise requirements for miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits. The Department of Labor must pay the attorneys' fees of prevailing parties on a qualifying benefit claim. This bill revises: (1) the standards of medical evidence that establish a presumption that a miner is totally disabled by black lung, and (2) payments to such miners (including their dependents). Black lung clinics may use federal funds to help individuals file claims. A
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Introduced In House on 04/05/2017
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Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2017 [S.855]
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[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to revise requirements for miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits. The Department of Labor must pay the attorneys' fees of prevailing parties on a qualifying benefit claim. This bill revises: (1) the standards of medical evidence that establish a presumption that a miner is totally disabled by black lung, and (2) payments to such miners, including their dependents. Black lung clinics may use federal funds to help individuals file claims. A person
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/05/2017
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Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2017 [S.854]
[Mining ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/05/2017
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Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1903]
[Mining ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to revise requirements governing: (1) investigations of mine accidents; (2) miners' rights and protections (e.g., whistle-blower rights and protections); (3) mine health and safety standards; (4) underground coal mines; and (5) health and safety training for miners. The Department of Labor, when investigating coal or other mines, must: (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Scott
Introduced In House on 04/05/2017
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Paid family leave; Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop an implementation plan for program. [SB-847]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Paid family leave. Directs the Commissioner of Labor and Industry (the Commissioner), in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders, to develop an implementation plan for a paid family leave program for employees of any employer in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commissioner to complete the plan by December 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor With Letter (14-y 0-n) on 01/16/2017
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Wages and salaries; eliminates payment by prepaid cards, etc., without employee's consent. [HB-1445]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Payment of wages and salaries; prepaid cards. Eliminates the ability of an employer to pay wages and salaries to an employee by credit to a prepaid debit card or card account without the employee's consent. Under current law, an employer may pay wages and salaries to an employee by credit to a prepaid debit card or card account without the employee's consent if the employee does not designate an account at a financial institution to which payment may be sent by automated fund transfer. This measure allows payment of wages to be made by credit to
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Tabled In Commerce And Labor By Voice Vote on 01/24/2017
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Minimum wage; increases minimum wage from its current federally mandated level. [HB-1444]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Inflation ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $10.00 per hour effective July 1, 2017, to $12.50 per hour effective July 1, 2019, and to $15.00 per hour effective July 1, 2021, unless a higher minimum wage is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Left In Commerce And Labor on 02/08/2017
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Paycheck Fairness Act [S.819]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Paycheck Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/04/2017
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Sick leave for employees; private employers to give to each full-time employee paid sick days, etc. [SB-824]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Paid sick days for employees; civil penalties. Requires private employers to give to each full-time employee paid sick days. Paid sick days would accrue at a rate of no less than one hour for every 50 hours worked in 2018 or, if an employer commences operations in 2018 or thereafter, in the employer's first year of operations. In subsequent years, paid sick days would accrue at a rate of no less than one hour for every 30 hours worked. An employee would be entitled to use accrued sick days beginning on the ninetieth calendar day of employment. The
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Committee Substitute Printed To Lis Only 17105057d-s1 on 02/03/2017
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Paycheck Fairness Act [HB-1869]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Small Business ]
Paycheck Fairness Act This bill amends equal pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to: (1) restrict the use of the bona fide factor defense to wage discrimination claims, (2) enhance nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) make it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increase civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 04/04/2017
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Workplace Advancement Act [HB-1890]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Workplace Advancement Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work. The prohibition does not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of the employee's job functions discloses such
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Introduced In House on 04/04/2017
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Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women. [HCR-44]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women. Recognizes the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women, and its impact on women, families, and the nation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 04/04/2017
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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 [S.801]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, but only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. This bill prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time. An employer must provide
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/03/2017