Labor-management Relations
US Congress 116th Congress
Truth in Employment Act of 2019 [HB-2259]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that nothing relating to the prohibitions against unfair labor practices in that Act shall be construed as requiring an employer to employ any person who seeks or has sought employment with the employer in furtherance of other employment or agency status.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Introduced In House on 04/10/2019
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BE HEARD in the Workplace Act Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act [S.1082]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Sets forth provisions to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace and raises the minimum wage for tipped employees. Specifically, the bill (1) makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against an individual in the workplace based on sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype; (2) prohibits employers from entering into contracts or agreements with workers that contain certain nondisparagement or nondisclosure clauses; (3) prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/09/2019
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BE HEARD in the Workplace Act Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination in the Workplace Act [HB-2148]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Sets forth provisions to prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace and raises the minimum wage for tipped employees. Specifically, the bill (1) makes it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against an individual in the workplace based on sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype; (2) prohibits employers from entering into contracts or agreements with workers that contain certain nondisparagement or nondisclosure clauses; (3) prohibits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 05/03/2019
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Tax Fairness for Workers Act [S.1026]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Allows an above-the-line tax deduction for union dues and expenses. (An above-the-line deduction is subtracted from gross income and is available whether or not a taxpayer itemizes other deductions.) The bill also reinstates the miscellaneous itemized tax deduction for unreimbursed expenses attributable to the performance of services as an employee. (Under current law, all miscellaneous itemized deductions are suspended through 2025.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/04/2019
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Tax Fairness for Workers Act [HB-2103]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Allows an above-the-line tax deduction for union dues and expenses. (An above-the-line deduction is subtracted from gross income and is available whether or not a taxpayer itemizes other deductions.) The bill also reinstates the miscellaneous itemized tax deduction for unreimbursed expenses attributable to the performance of services as an employee. (Under current law, all miscellaneous itemized deductions are suspended through 2025.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 04/04/2019
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Working Families Flexibility Act of 2019 [S.1043]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Revises requirements for the receipt of compensatory time off for private sector employees. Specifically, the bill authorizes private employers to provide compensatory time off to their employees at a rate of one and one-half hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, prohibits an employee from accruing more that 160 hours of compensatory time, requires an employer to give their employees a 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time, prohibits an employer from interfering with an employee's right to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/04/2019
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Recognizing March 31 as "César Chávez Day" in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of César Estrada Chávez. [HR-266]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
This resolution recognizes the accomplishments and example of Cesar Estrada Chavez. The resolution also encourages the people of the United States to commemorate his legacy and to always remember his rallying cry, "Si, se puede!" (which means "Yes, we can!").
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/28/2019
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A resolution honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Cesar Estrada Chavez. [SR-129]
[Human Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Arts and Culture ]
This resolution recognizes the accomplishments and example of Cesar Estrada Chavez. The resolution also encourages the people of the United States to commemorate his legacy and to always remember his rallying cry, "Si, se puede!" (which means "Yes, we can!").
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/28/2019
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Strengthening American Transportation Security Act of 2019 [S.944]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
Expresses the sense of Congress that the personnel system used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) provides insufficient workplace protections for its workforce and such personnel should be entitled to protections under the civil service system applicable to all federal employees. Among other things, the bill eliminates personnel authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Transportation governing the conditions of employment for TSA employees, thus making TSA employees subject to the personnel
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/28/2019
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Reward Work Act [S.915]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Investments ]
Prohibits issuers from purchasing their own securities on a national exchange. The bill also requires one-third of an issuer's board of directors to be elected by employees in order for the issuer to be allowed to register securities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/27/2019
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FOCA Act Fair and Open Competition Act [S.907]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Prohibits federal construction contracts or controlling documents for federally supported construction projects from requiring or prohibiting project labor agreements. Such documents also may not discriminate against or give preference to a bidder or contractor who signs or refuses to sign a project labor agreement. An agency may exempt a project from this prohibition to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve the national security.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/27/2019
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Wage Equity Act of 2019 [HB-1935]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Addresses pay discrimination in the workplace between men and women. Specifically, the bill allows an employer to base a wage differential determination on an employee's participation in a flexible work arrangement; protects employers who conduct a pay analysis audit to identify and correct pay discrimination from liability for damages relating to such discrimination; makes it an unlawful practice for an employer to rely on the wage history of a prospective employee for hiring and wage determination purposes unless the wage history is voluntarily
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman
Introduced In House on 03/27/2019
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Employee Rights Act [HB-1855]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to (1) make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization to interfere (currently, also restrain or coerce) with the rights of employees to organize and collectively bargain; (2) require union recertification after a turnover in the workforce exceeding 50% of the bargaining unit; (3) require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to give 14 days advance notice before a hearing investigating an election petition; and (4) require an employer to provide the NLRB with a list consisting only of employee
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 03/25/2019
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FOCA Act Fair and Open Competition Act [HB-1858]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Prohibits federal construction contracts or controlling documents for federally supported construction projects from requiring or prohibiting project labor agreements. Such documents also may not discriminate against or give preference to a bidder or contractor who signs or refuses to sign a project labor agreement. An agency may exempt a project from this prohibition to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve the national security.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 03/25/2019
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Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act [S.664]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definitions of "employee" and "supervisor" under that Act to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors in order to deny them collective bargaining rights. An individual performing any services is deemed to be an employee and not an independent contractor unless such individual is free from control and direction in the performance of such services, the services are performed outside the usual course of the employer's business, and the individual is customarily engaged
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/05/2019
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EMPOWER Act Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace harassment through Education and Reporting Act [HB-1521]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Addresses policies and procedures related to claims of workplace harassment. Specifically, the bill makes it an unlawful practice (with exceptions regarding certain settlement or separation agreements) for an employer to (1) enter into a contract with an employee or applicant, as a condition of employment, promotion, compensation, benefits, or change in employment status or contractual relationship, if that contract contains a nondisparagement or nondisclosure clause that covers workplace harassment; and (2) enforce, or attempt to enforce, a nondisparagement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 04/08/2019
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FAIR Act Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act [HB-1423]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 09/24/2019
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Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2019 [HB-1461]
[International ]
[Trade ]
[Finance ]
[Human Rights ]
[National Security ]
Directs the President to periodically report to Congress on (1) whether the government of Georgia is undermining commitments or contractual agreements made with U.S. business persons operating in Georgia, and (2) the identities of current or former Georgian officials who are responsible for such actions. The report shall include a summary of U.S. government and nongovernment investment in Georgia. If the President determines that Georgia has committed such actions, the President shall impose financial and trade assistance sanctions on the government
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Babin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 04/08/2019
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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 [HB-1417]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Provides funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water. Specifically, it establishes a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund, increases the corporate income tax rate to 24.5% to provide revenues for such programs, revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, and creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation And Forestry. on 03/27/2019
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Do No Harm Act [HB-1450]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to specified federal laws or the implementation of such laws. Currently, RFRA prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest when using the least restrictive means. Under the bill, RFRA is inapplicable to laws or the implementation of laws that protect against discrimination or the promotion of equal opportunity
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 04/08/2019