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| 112-s-3710 | 112 | s | 3710 | Career And Technical Innovation Fund Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-12-27 | 2012-12-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 0 | Career And Technical Innovation Fund Act of 2012 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to authorize the Secretary of Education to reserve a specified amount of funds appropriated for FY2013-FY2017 for certain activities of national significance, including: (1) capacity building, (2) technical assistance, (3) evaluation, and (4) dissemination of best practices. Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants, for a period of three years, to local educational agencies, area career and technical education schools, postsecondary vocational institutions and institutions of higher education, entities that carry out apprenticeship programs, and other partners to carry out specified programs and activities that meet certain performance standards to improve the effectiveness of career and technical education programs and teachers as well as increase student achievement to meet the needs of the future workforce. Requires the Secretary to set aside a specified amount of funds awarded to eligible entities for any fiscal year for projects to improve student outcomes in rural areas. Prescribes grant eligibility requirements. | 2020-02-10T17:00:05Z | |
| 112-hr-6673 | 112 | hr | 6673 | Sarah Grace Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-12-17 | 2012-12-17 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Parental Bereavement Act of 2012 or Sarah Grace Act of 2012 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. Allows such an employee to substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay. Applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees. | 2020-02-10T16:50:32Z | |
| 112-s-3655 | 112 | s | 3655 | Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-12-04 | 2012-12-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 3 | Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the President, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the disaster declaration made for Hurricane Sandy after October 20, 2012, to make such assistance available for 39 weeks after the date of the declaration (currently limited to 26 weeks). Requires the payments to a state to equal 100% of the amount of unemployment compensation paid under state law to affected individuals in each affected state or any area within it. Makes payments available until July 23, 2013. Makes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act. | 2019-11-15T21:52:19Z | |
| 112-hr-6568 | 112 | hr | 6568 | Back to Work Blueprint Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-10-05 | 2012-10-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10] | IL | R | D000613 | 0 | Back to Work Blueprint Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to study the feasibility of establishing 10 pilot programs under the Workplace Investment Act of 1988 at one-stop centers in geographically distinct U.S. regions. Prescribes pilot program requirements, including that: (1) participating one-stop centers issue certificates to qualifying unemployed individuals, (2) certificates provide for a reimbursement of $7,000 paid to qualifying employers who agree to hire and provide necessary training to the individual, (3) certificates expire six months after being issued if the individual does not find qualifying employment, and (4) one-stop centers conduct quantitative assessments of the efficacy of the programs. | 2020-02-10T16:50:31Z | |
| 112-hr-6547 | 112 | hr | 6547 | To amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require greater experience of mine safety inspectors under that Act. | Labor and Employment | 2012-09-21 | 2012-09-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] | IL | R | S000364 | 1 | Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to increase from 5 to 10 the minimum number of years of practical mining experience a person selected by the Secretary of Labor for appointment as a mine inspector must have. Requires mine inspectors assigned to the inspection and investigation of individual mines to have at least 2 years previous experience in the particular type of mining operation where such inspections are to be made. | 2020-02-10T16:50:32Z | |
| 112-s-3599 | 112 | s | 3599 | Careers through Responsive, Efficient, and Effective Retraining Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-09-20 | 2012-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] | OH | R | P000449 | 1 | Careers through Responsive, Efficient, and Effective Retraining Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1988, with respect to funds for statewide youth activities which are allocated to a local area for eligible youth seeking assistance in achieving academic and employment success, to require the use of such funds for training programs, with priority consideration given to those that lead to an industry-recognized, nationally portable, and regionally relevant credential. Requires the operator of a state one-stop system for delivery of training services to adults and dislocated workers also to give priority consideration to training programs that lead to the same kind of credential. Requires the program of a provider of training services that leads to such a credential to meet quality criteria as established by the state governor. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish in at least five states, including at least one rural state, a Pay for Performance pilot program to provide a portion of training services for adults and dislocated workers under a plan meeting specified criteria. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to prepare a plan to reorganize federal job training programs to increase their efficiency, integration, and alignment. Requires the plan to propose a decrease in the number of federal job training programs without decreasing services or accessibility to them for eligible job training participants, including individuals with specified barriers to employment such as economic disadvantage, limited English proficiency, age, a need for remedial education, or completion of a criminal sentence. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV (Temporary Aid to Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to disclose pertinent employment information in the National Directory of New Hires to any state agency administering part D that transmits to the Secretary the names and Social Sec… | 2020-02-10T17:00:05Z | |
| 112-s-3565 | 112 | s | 3565 | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-09-19 | 2012-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 9 | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Declares it an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) not make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (3) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept; or (4) require such employees to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations. Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue regulations to carry out this Act, including the identification of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. | 2022-02-03T05:53:23Z | |
| 112-hr-6409 | 112 | hr | 6409 | Private Sector Whistleblower Protection Streamlining Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-09-13 | 2012-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 4 | Private Sector Whistleblower Protection Streamlining Act of 2012 - Sets forth whistleblower protections for private sector, state, and municipal employees who are retaliated or discriminated against by an employer for disclosing threats to public safety or violations of federal law. Authorizes a whistleblower who has been discharged or discriminated against by an employer to seek appropriate relief either by: (1) filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor; or (2) bringing an action at law or equity in the appropriate U.S. district court. Prohibits restrictions on whistleblowing and relief provided under this Act. Establishes the Whistleblower Protection Office in the Department of Labor. Makes conforming whistleblower amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the federal criminal code with respect to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. Establishes in the Department of Labor an Administrative Review Board with jurisdiction and authority to decide appeals from administrative decisions and issue final agency decisions on behalf of the Secretary. Declares that this Board supersedes the one established by the Secretary pursuant to an administrative order. | 2021-09-28T14:40:47Z | |
| 112-hr-6322 | 112 | hr | 6322 | Employee Paycheck Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-08-02 | 2012-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] | AR | R | G000567 | 2 | Employee Paycheck Protection Act - Requires a labor organization, before imposing, collecting, or increasing member or other covered employee dues or fees, to provide all employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with written notice explaining how it calculated the share of such dues or fees related to non-political costs of collective bargaining. Prohibits a labor organization from collecting dues or fees from non-union employees without their consent. | 2020-02-10T16:50:32Z | |
| 112-hr-6346 | 112 | hr | 6346 | To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a specific limited exemption from the overtime pay requirements of such Act for work related to insurance claims adjustment after a major disaster. | Labor and Employment | 2012-08-02 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] | MT | R | R000571 | 2 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from maximum hours requirements any employee who: (1) works as an insurance claims adjuster for at least $591 per week during the 24-month period after a major disaster; and (2) is employed as an adjuster by an employer not itself engaged, directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts. | 2020-02-10T16:50:30Z | |
| 112-sres-533 | 112 | sres | 533 | A resolution designating October 2012 as "National Work and Family Month". | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5688-5689; text as passed Senate: CR S5688-5689; text of measure as introduced: CR S5660) | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 7 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Designates October 2012 as National Work and Family Month. Recognizes the importance of work schedules that allow employees to spend time with their families to job productivity and to healthy families. Urges public officials, employers, employees, and the general public to work together to achieve more balance between work and family. | 2019-02-20T22:51:09Z | |
| 112-hr-6211 | 112 | hr | 6211 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-26 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 117 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.10 an hour on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act; (2) $8.95 an hour after one year; (3) $9.80 an hour after two years; and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) after three years, and annually thereafter. Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act. Provides a formula for subsequent annual adjustments of the wage increase to ensure that it remains equal to 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website. | 2021-09-28T14:39:40Z | |
| 112-hr-6220 | 112 | hr | 6220 | Ban the Box Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-26 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13] | MI | D | C001085 | 5 | Ban the Box Act - Makes it an unlawful employment practice for certain employers to seek information concerning a job applicant's conviction for a criminal offense. Sets forth exceptions authorizing an employer to seek such information: (1) after a conditional offer for employment has been extended to an applicant, or (2) where the granting of employment may involve an unreasonable risk to the safety of specific individuals or the general public. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue rules indentifying factors to be considered by employers in assessing whether an individual's past criminal history poses such an unreasonable risk within defined categories of employment. Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices. | 2020-02-10T16:58:36Z | |
| 112-hres-744 | 112 | hres | 744 | Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the enactment of the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937 and supporting the goals and ideals of National Registered Apprenticeship Month. | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-26 | 2012-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | T000266 | 1 | Celebrates the 101st anniversary of the passage of the first state registered apprenticeship law. Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the enactment of the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. Supports the goals and ideals of National Registered Apprenticeship Month. | 2020-02-10T16:58:32Z | |
| 112-s-3447 | 112 | s | 3447 | Disability Pension Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-26 | 2012-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 1 | Disability Pension Fairness Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974 (ERISA), with respect to single-employer plan guaranteed benefits, to revise the prohibition against reduction of the maximum monthly disability benefit payable to a plan participant solely on account of his or her age in the case of a benefit payable by reason of a disability that occurs on or before termination of the plan. Extends this prohibition with respect to a disability occuring after plan termination as well, without regard to whether the disability was or would have been covered under the terms of the plan. | 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z | |
| 112-s-3453 | 112 | s | 3453 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-26 | 2012-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5492) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 16 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.10 an hour on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act; (2) $8.95 an hour after one year; (3) $9.80 an hour after two years; and (4) the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) after three years, and annually thereafter. Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour for one year on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act. Provides a formula for subsequent annual adjustments of the wage increase to ensure that it remains equal to 70% of the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website. | 2023-01-11T13:23:06Z | |
| 112-sres-530 | 112 | sres | 530 | A resolution designating the month of August 2012 as "National Registered Apprenticeship Month". | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-26 | 2012-07-26 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5626-5627; text as passed Senate: CR S5626; text of measure as introduced: CR S5493) | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 6 | Designates August 2012, National Registered Apprenticeship Month. Celebrates the 101st anniversary of the enactment of the first state registered apprenticeship law. Celebrates the 75th anniversary of the enactment of the National Apprenticeship Act. | 2019-02-20T22:51:07Z | |
| 112-hr-6198 | 112 | hr | 6198 | Give Workplace Gender Violence Victims Their Day in Court Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-25 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 1 | Give Workplace Gender Violence Victims Their Day in Court Act of 2012 - Makes an employer liable to a party injured in a crime of violence motivated by gender if: (1) the employer's business is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce, and (2) the employer's negligent conduct results in the perpetration of a gender-motivated crime of violence against an individual on premises under the employer's control. Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as: (1) entitling a person to a cause of action for random acts of violence unrelated to gender or for acts that cannot be demonstrated to be motivated by gender; or (2) requiring a prior criminal complaint, prosecution, or conviction to establish the elements of a cause of action. Gives federal and state courts concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought pursuant to this Act. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to create and provide to employers materials regarding personnel policies and safety standards to assist them in avoiding liability under this Act. | 2020-02-10T16:58:36Z | |
| 112-s-3443 | 112 | s | 3443 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-25 | 2012-07-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 3 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (this Act) to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mines, to: (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and safety standards, or other requirements; (2) issue citations and penalties in case of violations, and in cases involving possible criminal actions, refer them to the Attorney General; and (3) make recommendations to avoid any recurrence. Requires an independent accident investigation by an independent panel appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for any accident: (1) involving three or more deaths; or (2) whose severity or scale merits an independent investigation. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary's representatives and attorneys to question any individual privately during an inspection or investigation; and (2) any individual willing to speak with or provide a statement to such representatives or attorneys to do so without the presence, involvement, or knowledge of the mine operator or mine operator's agents or attorneys. Allows the closest relative of a miner who is entrapped, disabled, killed, or otherwise prevented by an accident to designate a representative for the miner to participate in a mine inspection. Requires mine inspections to be conducted during various shifts and days of the week when miners are normally present. Requires the Secretary, after determining that a mine operator has not properly maintained a record of all mine violations, to make, via an authorized representative, at least one spot inspection of the mine every 15 working days, and at irregular intervals, during the 3-month period following that determination. Requires the Secretary to establish a publicly available electronic database containing the safety records of each mine. Prohibits an attorney from representing both a mine operator and miner du… | 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z | |
| 112-s-3425 | 112 | s | 3425 | Offshoring Notification Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-24 | 2012-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] | MO | D | M001170 | 0 | Offshoring Notification Act - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to extend its coverage not only to each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia but also to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau, and each U.S. territory or possession. Revises the requirement that an employer give 60-day written notice to employees, state dislocated worker units, and local governments before ordering a plant closing or mass layoff. Requires such notice to include information stating whether: (1) the employer plans to continue producing goods or providing services that affected employees have been producing or providing, and (2) the production or provision will be performed for the employer by employees or contractors outside the United States (offshoring). | 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z | |
| 112-s-3419 | 112 | s | 3419 | United States Employee Ownership Bank Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-23 | 2012-07-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 4 | United States Employee Ownership Bank Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the United States Employee Ownership Bank to foster increased employee ownership and greater employee participation in company decisionmaking throughout the United States. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to employees, on a direct or guaranteed basis (which may be subordinated to the interests of all other creditors), to purchase a company through an employee stock ownership plan or eligible worker-owned cooperative which is at least 51% employee owned, or will become so as a result of Bank assistance. Authorizes the Bank also to allow: (1) a company that is less than 51% employee owned to become at least 51% employee owned; and (2) allow a company that is already at least 51% employee owned to increase the level of employee ownership, expand operations, and increase or preserve employment. Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require the employer, if it orders a plant or facility closing in connection with the termination of its operations there, to offer its employees an opportunity to purchase that plant or facility through an employee stock ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative that is at least 51% employee owned. Exempts from such requirement an employer that orders a plant closing if the employer: (1) will retain the plant assets to continue or begin a business within the United States; or (2) intends to continue the business conducted at such plant at another plant within the United States. Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to authorize the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency, in assessing and taking into account the record of a financial institution during an examination, to consider capital investments, loans, loan participation, technical assistance, financial advice, grants, and other ventures undertaken by the institution to support or enable employees to establish employee stock ownership plans or eligible worker-owned cooperatives that… | 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z | |
| 112-s-3421 | 112 | s | 3421 | WORK Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-07-23 | 2012-07-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] | VT | I | S000033 | 4 | Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, to establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking. Requires the Secretary to establish a program, which may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on progress related to employee ownership and participation in U.S. businesses. | 2023-01-11T13:23:08Z | |
| 112-hr-6076 | 112 | hr | 6076 | Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-29 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] | TX | D | G000553 | 0 | Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a family of two; (2) it should be set at a level high enough to allow two full-time minimum wage workers to earn an income above the national housing wage; and (3) Congress, any of the several states, the District of Columbia, any U.S. territories or possessions, any Indian tribe, or local or state government may establish a higher minimum wage requirement than that established in this Act. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to at least the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor according to the formula prescribed by this Act beginning September 1, 2012. Requires the Secretary to determine such minimum wage rate by June 1, 2012, and once every four years thereafter. Prohibits any adjustment if the determination would result in a minimum wage lower than the current one. Requires the minimum wage so determined to be the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for it 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a two-person household, with one child under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states, as published for each such year by the Census Bureau. | 2020-02-10T16:58:31Z | |
| 112-hr-5975 | 112 | hr | 5975 | WISE Investment Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-20 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] | OR | D | B001278 | 4 | Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled Employees Investment Act or WISE Investment Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to local boards, community colleges, and postsecondary vocational institutions to promote local economic growth and eliminate gaps between the workforce skills available and the workforce skills needed with respect to small businesses in local areas or regions. | 2020-02-10T16:58:29Z | |
| 112-hr-5981 | 112 | hr | 5981 | To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for a guarantee by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans. | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-20 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 1 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to declare that a qualified preretirement survivor annuity with respect to a participant under a multiemployer plan which becomes insolvent or is terminated shall not be treated as forfeitable solely because the participant has not died as of the date on which the plan became so insolvent or the termination date. (Thus guarantees, in the absence of other disqualifying factors, the payment by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation [PBGC] of a qualified preretirement survivor annuity to a participant of a multiemployer pension plan which becomes insolvent or is terminated.) | 2022-02-03T05:53:08Z | |
| 112-hr-5969 | 112 | hr | 5969 | Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-19 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] | MI | R | W000798 | 28 | Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves, to provide detailed definitions of "companionship services" and "domestic service employment." Excludes from companionship services those relating to the care and protection of the aged or infirm which require and are performed by trained medical personnel. Extends the exemption to third-party employment of an employee to provide companionship services to such individuals, including non-medical in-home personal care or household work related to their care. Defines "third-party employment" to mean employees who provide companionship services while employed by an employer or agency other than the family or household using their services, whether or not such an employee is assigned to more than one household or family in the same workweek when providing such services. Exempts from the Act's maximum hour requirements third-party employment in domestic service of an employee who resides in the household in which the services are provided. | 2020-02-10T16:58:35Z | |
| 112-hr-5970 | 112 | hr | 5970 | Protecting In-Home Care from Government Intrusion Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-19 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] | MI | R | W000798 | 29 | Protecting In-Home Care from Government Intrusion Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from finalizing or enforcing proposed Department of Labor rule "Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service" (relating to companion care for the elderly and individuals with disabilities) issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and published on December 27, 2011, or any substantially similar rule. | 2020-02-10T16:58:35Z | |
| 112-s-3297 | 112 | s | 3297 | Forewarn Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-14 | 2012-06-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 2 | Forewarn Act - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to: (1) redefine the terms "employer," "plant closing," and "mass layoff" for purposes of the Act; and, among other things, (2) apply it to employers of 75 or more employees (currently, 100 employees), including any parent company of which the business enterprise is a subsidiary. Requires an employer to: (1) give 90-day (currently, 60-day) written notice to employees and appropriate state and local governments before ordering a plant closing or mass layoff; (2) notify the Secretary of Labor and the governor of the state in which the closing or layoff will occur; and (3) provide affected employees with information regarding benefits and services available to them, including unemployment compensation, trade adjustment assistance, COBRA benefits, onsite access to rapid response teams, and certain other services. Exempts from such notice requirements any plant closings or mass layoffs which are due directly to a terrorist attack. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who represent the area where such closing or mass layoff is to occur. Makes an employer who violates such notice requirements liable to the employee for, among other things, two days pay (currently, back pay for each day of violation) multiplied by the number of calendar days for which the employer was required but failed to provide notice, including interest on such pay. Authorizes an affected employee to file a complaint with the Secretary alleging a violation of the notice requirements. Requires the Secretary to investigate and attempt to resolve such complaints. Authorizes the Secretary to bring an action in court to recover on behalf of an affected employee any backpay (including interest), benefits, and liquidated damages due. Requires an employer to post conspicuously upon its premises pertinent provisions of this Act and information on the filing of a complaint. Requires … | 2022-02-03T05:54:25Z | |
| 112-hr-5915 | 112 | hr | 5915 | Research Fairness Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-07 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] | PA | R | K000376 | 0 | Research Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend certain employee exemptions from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements to marketing research participants and mystery shoppers. Defines "mystery shopper" as any individual meeting certain requirements who is engaged to measure or evaluate a customer's experience, or some aspect of it, either at a defined location, or while using or purporting to use a specified product or service. | 2020-02-10T16:58:32Z | |
| 112-s-3273 | 112 | s | 3273 | Youth Summer Jobs Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-07 | 2012-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] | MA | R | B001268 | 0 | Youth Summer Jobs Act of 2012 - Establishes in the Treasury the Youth Summer Employment Success Fund, consisting of $2 billion of discretionary federal funds permanently rescinded in this Act. Rescinds permanently $15 billion in unobligated discretionary federal funds for each of FY2012 and FY2013. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved modification plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian program grantees to provide summer employment opportunities youth aged 16-24. Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination requirements. | 2020-02-10T17:06:00Z | |
| 112-s-3280 | 112 | s | 3280 | Companionship Exemption Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-07 | 2012-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] | NE | R | J000291 | 17 | Companionship Exemption Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with respect to the exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements of domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who because of age or infirmity are unable to care for themselves, to provide detailed definitions of "companionship services" and "domestic service employment." Excludes from companionship services those relating to the care and protection of the aged or infirm which require and are performed by trained medical personnel. Extends the exemption to third-party employment of an employee to provide companionship services to such individuals, including non-medical in-home care or household work related to their care. Defines "third-party employment" to mean employees who provide companionship services while employed by an employer or agency other than the family or household using their services, whether or not such an employee is assigned to more than one household or family in the same workweek when providing such services. | 2020-02-10T17:06:00Z | |
| 112-hr-5901 | 112 | hr | 5901 | Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-06 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | J000283 | 23 | Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase to $10.00 an hour (adjusted annually based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) the federal minimum wage for employees. Increases to $5.50 an hour (adjusted annually as necessary) the federal minimum wage for tipped employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish the increase in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website. | 2021-04-19T19:37:51Z | |
| 112-s-3256 | 112 | s | 3256 | End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-06-04 | 2012-06-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 0 | End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the prohibition against employer retaliation for employee complaints. Prohibits retaliation for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of the employee or another employee in response to a sex discrimination complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer. | 2020-02-10T17:06:02Z | |
| 112-hr-5877 | 112 | hr | 5877 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-05-31 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a business-incentive public-private partnership program of grants to businesses and consortia to: (1) pay start-up costs to provide child care services, or (2) provide additional child care services needed by the employees of such businesses. Requires nonprofit business organizations receiving such grants to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide such services. Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees. | 2022-02-03T05:53:53Z | |
| 112-s-3220 | 112 | s | 3220 | Paycheck Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-05-22 | 2012-06-05 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S3714) | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 37 | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience. States that the bona fide factor defense shall apply only if the employer demonstrates that such factor: (1) is not based upon or derived from a sex-based differential in compensation, (2) is job-related with respect to the position in question, and (3) is consistent with business necessity. Makes such defense inapplicable where the employee demonstrates that: (1) an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing such differential, and (2) the employer has refused to adopt such alternative practice. Revises the prohibition against employer retaliation for employee complaints. Prohibits retaliation for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of the employee or another employee in response to a complaint or charge, or in furtherance of a sex discrimination investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, or an investigation conducted by the employer. Makes employers who violate sex discrimination prohibitions liable in a civil action for either compensatory or (except for the federal government) punitive damages. States that any action brought to enforce the prohibition against sex discrimination may be maintained as a class action in which individuals may be joined as party plaintiffs without their written consent. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages in a sex discrimination action. Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entities on m… | 2019-02-20T23:33:48Z | |
| 112-s-3221 | 112 | s | 3221 | RAISE Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-05-22 | 2012-05-23 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 20 | Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or RAISE Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for. | 2019-02-20T23:33:49Z | |
| 112-hr-5805 | 112 | hr | 5805 | Entrepreneurial Training Improvement Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-05-17 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] | CA | D | C001036 | 0 | Entrepreneurial Training Improvement Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish alternate guidelines for measuring the progress of state and local performance of entrepreneurial training services to adults and dislocated workers under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and (2) provide state and local Workforce Investment Boards with specific guidance on successful approaches to collecting performance information on entrepreneurial self-employment. Directs the Secretary to issue a report on the progress of such boards in implementing new entrepreneurial training programs. | 2020-02-10T16:58:32Z | |
| 112-hr-5715 | 112 | hr | 5715 | Airline Pension Fairness Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-05-10 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Airline Pension Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to extend special alternative funding rules for single-employer defined benefit retirement plans for commercial airlines for plan years 2012 and 2013. | 2020-02-10T16:58:29Z | |
| 112-hr-5647 | 112 | hr | 5647 | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-05-08 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 112 | Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Declares it an unlawful employment practice for employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, and other specified entities to: (1) not make reasonable accommodations to known limitations related to the pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions of job applicants or employees, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on such an entity's business operation; (2) deny employment opportunities based on the need of the entity to make such reasonable accommodations; (3) require such job applicants or employees to accept an accommodation that they choose not to accept; or (4) require such employees to take leave if another reasonable accommodation can be provided to their known limitations. Sets forth enforcement procedures and remedies under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, and the rights and protections extended to presidential offices. Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue regulations to carry out this Act, including the identification of reasonable accommodations addressing known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. | 2021-09-28T14:34:00Z | |
| 112-s-2371 | 112 | s | 2371 | RAISE Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-04-26 | 2012-04-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 19 | Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or RAISE Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for. | 2020-02-10T17:02:28Z | |
| 112-hr-4385 | 112 | hr | 4385 | Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-04-18 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] | IN | R | R000592 | 97 | Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or RAISE Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for. | 2022-01-06T15:12:18Z | |
| 112-hr-4297 | 112 | hr | 4297 | Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-29 | 2012-12-14 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 513. | House | Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] | NC | R | F000450 | 6 | Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Title I: Amendments to the Workforce Investment Act of 2012 - Subtitle A: Workforce Investment Definitions - (Sec. 101) Defines accrued expenditures, administrative costs, at-risk youth, industry or sector partnership, industry-recognizes credential, and recognized postsecondary credential. Revises other specified definitions. Subtitle B: Statewide and Local Workforce Investment Systems - (Sec. 103) Revises requirements for membership on a state workforce investment board (state board). Requires a state board to assist the state governor by developing: (1) policies and programs that support a comprehensive statewide workforce development system, and (2) a statewide workforce and labor market information system. (Sec. 104) Revises requirements for a state workforce development plan. Requires a plan to outline a three-year (currently five-year) strategy for the statewide workforce investment system. Requires a plan, in addition to current specified contents, to describe: (1) strategies and services to more fully engage employers and meet their needs, as well as those to assist at-risk youth and out-of-school youth in acquiring education, skills, credentials, and employment experience; (2) how the state board will convene industry or sector partnerships that lead to collaborative planning, resource alignment, and training efforts across multiple firms for a range of workers currently or potentially employed by a targeted industry cluster; (3) how the state will use technology to facilitate access to services in remote areas; (4) state actions to foster communication, coordination, and partnerships with non-profit organizations that provide employment-related, training, and complementary services; and… | 2022-03-01T06:06:59Z | |
| 112-hr-4298 | 112 | hr | 4298 | Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-29 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] | WV | R | M001180 | 1 | Burdensome Paperwork Reduction for Our Miners Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Labor, to review forms for obtaining workers' compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program to determine whether it is feasible to combine or reduce such forms in order to further the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Directs the Secretary to implement any feasible combination or reduction of such forms. | 2020-02-10T16:50:29Z | |
| 112-hr-4339 | 112 | hr | 4339 | To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act. | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-29 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] | MP | D | S001177 | 4 | Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands an amount equal to the allotment percentage Guam received for employment services under the Act in FY1983. | 2021-04-19T19:33:37Z | |
| 112-s-2263 | 112 | s | 2263 | National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-29 | 2012-03-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 1 | National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and implement a national program for arts and technology that addresses the complex needs of the poor and undereducated by awarding competitive grants to qualified centers (private, nonprofit educational entities) and interested communities to provide: (1) financial support to establish new qualified centers, and (2) management expertise to guide such centers and communities. Prohibits federal funds received under this Act from being used for capital expenditures or endowment gifts. Requires a qualified center or an interested community to match federal contributions. | 2020-02-10T17:00:02Z | |
| 112-hr-4275 | 112 | hr | 4275 | Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-28 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 6 | Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 1989, held that, in cases brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove an employer had no business necessity for a practice with discriminatory effects.) Applies the amendments made by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to a case that is subject to the removed provision in the same way such amendments apply to any other case brought under the employment discrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | 2021-04-19T19:32:51Z | |
| 112-hr-4277 | 112 | hr | 4277 | Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-28 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 61 | Humphrey-Hawkins 21st Century Full Employment and Training Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs. Establishes arbitration procedures for resolution of disputes for grant recipients. Requires the Secretary of Labor to post a whistleblower hotline on the Department of Labor's website for the public to report noncompliance with the Act's requirements. Directs the Secretary to convene a national employment conference to bring together leaders of small, medium, and large businesses, labor, government, and other parties to discuss employment, with particular attention to structural unemployment and the plight of disadvantaged youth. Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to revise member composition requirements for state and local workforce investment boards to include at least 25% of the chief executive officers of minority-serving, community-based organizations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on certain covered securities transactions, payable by trading facilities or purchasers that deal in such transactions. Requires a transferor with respect to any outbound securities transaction to deduct and withhold a tax equal to the tax imposed on covered securities transactions. | 2021-09-28T14:30:58Z | |
| 112-s-2221 | 112 | s | 2221 | Preserving America's Family Farms Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-21 | 2012-03-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] | SD | R | T000250 | 44 | Preserving America's Family Farms Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from finalizing or enforcing proposed rule "Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of Interpretation; Child Labor Violations-Civil Money Penalties" (relating to child labor in agricultural and nonagricultural occupations) issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and published on September 2, 2011. | 2021-12-20T15:55:53Z | |
| 112-sjres-38 | 112 | sjres | 38 | A joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the certification of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment. | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-21 | 2012-03-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] | SC | R | G000359 | 9 | Disapproves the Department of Labor final rule relating to certification of H-2B nonimmigrant temporary or seasonal non-agricultural workers (published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2012) and states that such rule shall have no force or effect. | 2022-02-03T05:53:40Z | |
| 112-hr-4227 | 112 | hr | 4227 | Workforce Investment Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-20 | 2012-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | T000266 | 55 | Workforce Investment Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult education and family literacy education programs. Revises member composition of state and local workforce investment boards to require at least 20% of the board be composed of representatives of the workforce within the state. Revises requirements for a five-year state worker investment plan. Revises requirements for the state unified plan for adult education and literacy programs. Revises requirements for: (1) local workforce investment areas, boards, and plans; (2) one-stop delivery systems; and (3) the allotment of federal funds among states for statewide youth (including disadvantaged youth) activities and statewide workforce investment activities, Native American workforce investment programs, and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities. Defines "core programs" to mean: (1) youth workforce investment activities and adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities, (2) adult education and literacy activities, (3) employment services, and (4) vocational rehabilitation services. Establishes unified state and local performance accountability measures for the core programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allocate federal funds for the costs of infrastructure associated with one-stop centers for job training and employment services. Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for the Job Corps program. Prescribes a special rule to make Armed Force veterans eligible for the Job Corps if certain requirements are met. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education to establish jointly a demonstration College Corps project to provide certain at-risk youth intensive education and skills training to prepare them for college and for high-skilled employment. Directs the Secretary of Labor to … | 2022-02-03T05:57:47Z | |
| 112-s-2189 | 112 | s | 2189 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-13 | 2012-03-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1616-1617) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 16 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to specify that an unlawful employment practice is established when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating factor for any practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims). Permits a complaining party to rely on any type or form of admissible evidence, which need only be sufficient for a reasonable trier of fact to find that an unlawful practice occurred. Declares that a complaining party shall not be required to demonstrate that age or retaliation was the sole cause of a practice (thereby rejecting the Supreme Court decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., which requires a complainant to prove that age was the "but-for" cause for the employer's decision). Authorizes the court, on a claim in which an individual demonstrates that age was a motivating factor for any employment practice and in which a respondent demonstrates that the same action would have been taken in the absence of the impermissible motivating factor, to grant declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorney's fees and costs directly attributable only to the pursuit of a claim. Prohibits the court in such an instance from awarding damages or issuing an order requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, promotion, or payment. Applies the same standard of proof to other employment discrimination and retaliation claims, including claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and similar laws concerning federal employees. | 2020-02-10T17:00:03Z | |
| 112-hr-4157 | 112 | hr | 4157 | Preserving America's Family Farms Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-07 | 2012-07-25 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] | IA | R | L000111 | 95 | Preserving America's Family Farms Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from reissuing in substantially the same form, or issuing a new rule that is substantially the same as, the proposed rule "Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of Interpretation; Child Labor Violations-Civil Money Penalties" (relating to child labor in agricultural and nonagricultural occupations) issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act and published on September 2, 2011. | 2022-03-01T06:06:59Z | |
| 112-s-2168 | 112 | s | 2168 | RESPECT Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-07 | 2012-03-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 7 | Re-empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers Act or RESPECT Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise the definition of "supervisor" in the following ways: (1) require the individual to have authority over employees for a majority of the individual's worktime, and (2) remove authority to assign other employees and to responsibly direct employees as conditions for being considered a supervisor. | 2020-02-10T17:00:03Z | |
| 112-s-2173 | 112 | s | 2173 | National Right-to-Work Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-07 | 2012-03-08 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 333. | Senate | Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] | SC | R | D000595 | 24 | National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment). | 2021-12-20T15:55:35Z | |
| 112-hr-4128 | 112 | hr | 4128 | Real Unemployment Calculation Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-03-01 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52] | CA | R | H001048 | 28 | Real Unemployment Calculation Act - Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States. | 2023-01-11T13:23:00Z | |
| 112-hr-4106 | 112 | hr | 4106 | Working Families Flexibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-29 | 2012-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 4 | Working Families Flexibility Act - Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a temporary or permanent change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work, (2) the times when the employee is required to work or be on call for work, (3) where the employee is required to work, or (4) the amount of notification the employee receives of work schedule assignments. Sets forth certain employer duties with respect to such requests. Makes it unlawful for an employer to interfere with any rights provided to an employee under this Act. Authorizes an employee to file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor for any violations of such rights. Provides for the investigation and assessment of civil penalties or the award of relief for alleged violations, including the review in federal courts of appeal of orders of the Secretary. Requires the Secretary and certain federal agency administrative officers to provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public regarding compliance with this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor to issue guidance on compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act that provides a flexible work environment through changes in employee terms and conditions of employment provided in this Act. Applies the requirements of this Act to certain classes of employees, including employees of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Library of Congress. | 2020-02-10T16:50:29Z | |
| 112-s-2142 | 112 | s | 2142 | Working Families Flexibility Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-29 | 2012-02-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] | PA | D | C001070 | 1 | Working Families Flexibility Act - Authorizes an employee to request from an employer a temporary or permanent change in the terms or conditions of the employee's employment if the request relates to: (1) the number of hours the employee is required to work, (2) the times when the employee is required to work or be on call for work, (3) where the employee is required to work, or (4) the amount of notification the employee receives of work schedule assignments. Sets forth certain employer duties with respect to such requests. Makes it unlawful for an employer to interfere with any rights provided to an employee under this Act. Authorizes an employee to file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor for any violations of such rights. Provides for the investigation and assessment of civil penalties or the award of relief for alleged violations, including the review in federal courts of appeal of orders of the Secretary. Requires the Secretary and certain federal agency administrative officers to provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public regarding compliance with this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor to issue guidance on compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act that provides a flexible work environment through changes in employee terms and conditions of employment provided in this Act. Applies the requirements of this Act to certain classes of employees, including employees of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Library of Congress. | 2020-02-10T17:00:02Z | |
| 112-hjres-104 | 112 | hjres | 104 | Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States. | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-17 | 2012-02-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] | LA | R | A000361 | 33 | Disapproves the Department of Labor rule relating to temporary non-agricultural employment of H-2B aliens in the United States (published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2012) and states that such rule shall have no force or effect. | 2019-11-15T21:34:32Z | |
| 112-hjres-103 | 112 | hjres | 103 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures. | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-16 | 2012-02-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11] | GA | R | G000550 | 102 | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and published December 22, 2011, relating to representation election procedures. | 2020-02-10T16:50:29Z | |
| 112-hr-4050 | 112 | hr | 4050 | Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-16 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | N000015 | 0 | Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 10% cap on the qualified percentage of an employee's compensation as the standard for an employer's contribution to an automatic cash or deferred contribution arrangement under the alternative method for meeting nondiscrimination requirements. Authorizes regulations to increase the qualified percentage. Revises the period of service requirements for a qualified cash or deferred arrangement to cover long-term part-time employees working at least 3 consecutive 12-month periods during each of which the employee has at least 500 hours of service. Requires separate application of the rules for a top-heavy defined benefit plan (whose the present value of the accrued benefits [PVAB] for the highly-paid key employees exceeds 60% of the PVAB for all employees) to any defined contribution plan covering part-time employees who do not meet age and service requirements. Increases from $500 to $1,500 the dollar limitation on the small employer pension plan startup cost tax credit for each of the first three credit years. Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Labor to prescribe administrative guidance establishing conditions allowing the use of a multiple employer plan. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the feasibility and desirability of extending the application of spousal consent requirements to defined contribution plans to which they do not currently apply. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to authorize an employee benefit plan to allow a named fiduciary, or a fiduciary designated by a named fiduciary, to appoint an annuity administrator for an individual account plan. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue final regulations stating that any specified age or service condition (or combination of such conditions) with respect to a lifetime income investment under a defined contribution plan shall be disregarded in determining whether the lifeti… | 2022-01-06T17:18:06Z | |
| 112-s-2117 | 112 | s | 2117 | Adult Education and Economic Growth Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-16 | 2012-02-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] | VA | D | W000803 | 2 | Adult Education and Economic Growth Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1988 to revise requirements for statewide and local workforce investment systems to include adult education activities. Revises member composition of: (1) state workforce investment boards to include state representatives responsible for implementing adult education, literacy, and workplace skills programs under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA); and (2) youth councils established by local workforce investment boards to include representatives of adult education. Revises requirements for five-year state and local worker investment plans. Authorizes the use of funds for: (1) statewide and local youth activities to provide opportunities for multiple career pathways for eligible youth, and (2) training services for local adult and dislocated workers to include integration of adult education and training. Requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out specified employment and training demonstration and pilot projects. Amends the AEFLA to include among adult education and literacy services programs activities to assist adults with limited English proficiency to improve their English and mathematical skills, acquire an understanding of the American system of government and responsibilities of citizenship, and, where necessary, obtain knowledge and skills to transition to postsecondary education, job training, and employment in family-sustaining jobs. Revises requirements for the allocation and reservation of AEFLA funds. Revises state distribution requirements with respect to grants and contracts to eligible providers of activities for adult education and literacy and corrections education of institutionalized individuals. Expands an eligible agency's use of funds for corrections education and education for other institutionalized individuals to include academic programs for: (1) integrated education and training and sequential education and training programs, (2) career pathways, (3) dual enrollment, and (4) prepar… | 2019-11-15T21:52:16Z | |
| 112-sjres-36 | 112 | sjres | 36 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures. | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-16 | 2012-04-24 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 68. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 44 | Disapproves and nullifies the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and published December 22, 2011, relating to representation election procedures. | 2021-12-20T15:43:35Z | |
| 112-s-2108 | 112 | s | 2108 | Youth Corps Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-14 | 2012-02-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 2 | Youth Corps Act of 2012 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide eligible youth age 16 through 24 with education and work readiness training to enable them to find employment in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental stewardship. Defines "Youth Corps model" as a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth, among other things, with stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training, (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential, (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century, or (4) military service. | 2020-02-10T17:00:02Z | |
| 112-hr-3991 | 112 | hr | 3991 | KEEP Secure Act | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-09 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Adams, Sandy [R-FL-24] | FL | R | A000366 | 44 | Keep Employees' Emails and Phones Secure Act or KEEP Secure Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from requiring an employer to provide the NLRB or a labor organization with employee telephone numbers or email addresses. | 2020-02-10T16:50:28Z | |
| 112-s-2081 | 112 | s | 2081 | Extended Unemployment Benefits Reform Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-09 | 2012-02-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] | NC | R | B001135 | 17 | Extended Unemployment Benefits Reform Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to approval of state unemployment compensation [UC] laws) to prohibit state payment of extended UC to an individual, even under a temporary program, for any week in which he or she does not: (1) perform at least 20 hours of unpaid public service to a charitable organization, except in specified circumstances; and (2) engage in at least 20 hours of active job searching. Authorizes a state to reduce the required 20 hours of active job searching, and prescribe alternative job search requirements, for any individual who has met both the public service and active job searching requirements for at least 12 weeks. | 2019-11-15T21:52:15Z | |
| 112-s-2095 | 112 | s | 2095 | Expanding Training Opportunities Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-09 | 2012-02-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 0 | Expanding Training Opportunities Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to deem approved by the Secretary of Labor any state laws that provide unemployment compensation to an individual for any week while in training, including: (1) an approved job training program under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, or (2) any coursework necessary to attain a recognized postsecondary credential if that individual is likely to exhaust his or her regular unemployment compensation, and the credential can be attained within a certain time period. Defines "recognized postsecondary credential" as a credential consisting of an industry-recognized certificate, a certificate of completion of an apprenticeship, or an associate or baccalaureate degree. Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to authorize a state unemployment compensation agency to elect to approve job training or educational programs for purposes of an individual receiving extended or emergency unemployment compensation while in training. | 2019-11-15T21:52:15Z | |
| 112-hr-3986 | 112 | hr | 3986 | Irene and Lee Emergency Assistance Act of 2012 | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-08 | 2012-02-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21] | NY | D | T000469 | 0 | Irene and Lee Emergency Assistance Act of 2012 - Directs the President, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the disaster declaration made for Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee on or after August 22, 2011, to make such assistance available for 39 weeks after the date of the declaration (currently limited to 26 weeks). | 2020-02-14T19:13:55Z | |
| 112-hr-3899 | 112 | hr | 3899 | To provide for rollover treatment to traditional IRAs of amounts received in airline carrier bankruptcy. | Labor and Employment | 2012-02-03 | 2012-02-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 1 | Allows a current or former employee of a commercial passenger airline who receives a payment of any money or other property payable by an airline pursuant to a court order filed in a bankruptcy case after September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2007 (airline payment amount), to: (1) make a tax-free rollover of such amount to a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) within 180 days of receipt (or within 180 days of the enactment of this Act, if later); and (2) transfer, without tax penalty, an airline payment amount contributed to a Roth IRA to a traditional IRA if such transfer is made within 180 days after the enactment of this Act. Excludes from the gross income of an airline employee amounts transferred to a traditional IRA under this Act. Imposes a limit on the aggregate amount transferrable to a traditional IRA. | 2019-11-15T21:46:53Z | |
| 112-hr-3748 | 112 | hr | 3748 | America RISING Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-20 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] | CA | D | R000581 | 2 | America Realizing the Informational Skills and Initiative of New Graduates Act of 2011 or America RISING Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program of grants to: (1) eligible small business employers to defray the cost of compensation they pay to recent graduates from institutions of higher education; and (2) such graduates to enable them to defray the cost of undertaking further education for up to 24 months in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, or technology. | 2020-02-10T16:50:28Z | |
| 112-hr-3749 | 112 | hr | 3749 | Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-20 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] | CA | D | R000581 | 0 | Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2011 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment (SCSE) Program. Lowers the age of eligibility from 55 to 52. Repeals the requirement that the eligible individual be unemployed. Increases from 125% to 200% of the poverty line the maximum income for eligibility. Excludes from the counting of an eligible individual's income any income received by another member of the eligible individual's household. Prohibits any limit of fewer than 40 hours per week on the number of hours per week a grant recipient may permit a participant to work in a job assisted under the grant. Declares the sense of Congress that necessary sums should be appropriated to carry out the SCSE Program in each of FY2012-FY2017. | 2020-02-10T16:50:28Z | |
| 112-hconres-95 | 112 | hconres | 95 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Labor should recognize the unique circumstances of farm family youth workers when issuing regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act relating to hired farm workers under the age of 16. | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-16 | 2011-12-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] | IA | R | L000111 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Labor should recognize the unique circumstances of agricultural farm family youth workers and multi-generational family partnerships when issuing regulations under the Fair Labor Standards with respect to hired farm workers under the age of 16. | 2022-02-03T05:54:06Z | |
| 112-hr-3697 | 112 | hr | 3697 | Mine Safety Accountability and Improved Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-16 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | Mine Safety Accountability and Improved Protection Act - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to establish an independent National Mine Safety Board, which shall conduct an independent investigation of any coal or other mine accident involving three or more deaths. Authorizes the Board to issue subpoenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of information. Directs each mine operator to require each of its miners to designate a next of kin or other representative to act on behalf of the miner who is entrapped or otherwise prevented by an accident from acting on the miner's own behalf during a mine inspection. Requires mine inspections to be conducted during various shifts and days of the week when miners are normally present. Prohibits an attorney from representing both a mine operator and a miner during an inspection, investigation, or litigation, unless such miner willfully waives all possible conflicts of interest. Requires the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations establishing certain initial screening criteria for determining whether to place a mine on pattern (of violation) status. Prescribes remediation requirements for mine operators having a pattern of recurring accidents, citations, and withdrawal orders. Establishes in the Treasury the Mines in Pattern Status Inspection Fund for deposit of fees collected from mines in pattern status for the costs of additional inspections. Requires the Secretary to: (1) revoke the approval of mine operator plans or programs based on certain criteria, and (2) provide the operator with a detailed explanation of the reasons approval was revoked. Prescribes a process for the Secretary's approval of proposed operator programs, plans, or plan revisions. Revises civil and criminal penalties and related administrative procedures. Grants an operator who has been issued a citation or order during an inspection the right to a review with a designated Conference Litigation Representative of the Secretary prior to the assessment of any … | 2022-03-01T05:34:22Z | |
| 112-hr-3708 | 112 | hr | 3708 | To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a final rule that prevents the agricultural employment of minors to detassel. | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-16 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] | NE | R | F000449 | 1 | Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from issuing a final rule that prevents or otherwise affects the agricultural employment of minors to detassel, rogue, or otherwise engage in seed production or related and incidental agricultural employment. | 2020-02-10T16:54:13Z | |
| 112-hr-3715 | 112 | hr | 3715 | Online Job Training Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-16 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Online Job Training Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award National Online Workforce Training Grants for workforce training programs using distance-learning technologies, such as the Internet. Requires such grants to be awarded on a competitive basis to educational institutions, community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, state or local boards, or units of general local government that provide online workforce training. Directs the Secretary to award one grant to an eligible postsecondary educational institution to: (1) provide technical assistance to entities that receive grants, (2) collect and nationally disseminate the data gathered by entities that receive grants, and (3) disseminate best practices. | 2022-01-06T17:18:06Z | |
| 112-s-1977 | 112 | s | 1977 | Driver Fatigue Prevention Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-12 | 2011-12-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Driver Fatigue Prevention Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to apply its maximum hours requirements to over-the-road bus drivers. | 2022-02-03T05:53:16Z | |
| 112-hr-3610 | 112 | hr | 3610 | Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-08 | 2012-03-08 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] | NC | R | F000450 | 9 | Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to: (1) eliminate members of the state legislature and representatives of labor organizations from state workforce investment boards, and (2) specify that representatives of business on a board represent large and small businesses with immediate and long-term employment opportunities in in-demand industries and other occupations important to the state economy. Requires a state board to assist the state governor by developing: (1) policies and programs that support a comprehensive statewide workforce development system, and (2) a statewide employment statistics system. Revises requirements for: (1) a state workforce development plan; (2) local workforce investment areas, boards, and plans; (3) one-stop delivery systems; and (4) the allotment of federal funds among states for employment and training activities. Eliminates specific funding for adult and dislocated worker employment and training. Specifies state use of federal funds to set up a Workforce Investment Fund, a Youth Workforce Investment Fund, a Veterans Workforce Investment Fund, and a Targeted Populations Workforce Investment Fund. Revises requirements for: (1) within state allocations of funds; (2) the use of funds for state and local employment and training activities, including the hiring of local veterans' employment representatives; and (3) state performances measures Requires state governors to use funds to award competitive grants for programs and activities to assist eligible youth in acquiring the education and skills, credentials, and employment experience necessary to succeed in the labor market. Revises requirements for the state unified plan for adult education and literacy programs. Repeals the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970, the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, the Snyder Act of 1921, the Indian Adult Vocational Training Act of 1956, and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as well as the Job Corps, the YouthB… | 2022-02-03T05:56:48Z | |
| 112-hr-3611 | 112 | hr | 3611 | Local Job Opportunities and Business Success Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-08 | 2011-12-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] | NV | R | H001055 | 8 | Local Job Opportunities and Business Success Act of 2011 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to limit the required composition of local workforce investment boards (local boards) to business representatives. Requires two-thirds of the members of a local board to be business owners or officers. Requires local boards to conduct and regularly update analyses of: (1) local economic conditions, (2) immediate and long-term skilled workforce needs in the area, (3) the knowledge and skills of the local workforce, and (4) local workforce development activities. Requires local boards to lead efforts to engage employers in the area to ensure that workforce investment activities meet their needs and support local economic growth. Includes as part of those efforts the development or implementation of industry or sector partnerships that lead to collaborative planning, resource alignment, and training efforts across multiple firms to address the immediate and long-term skilled workforce needs of the local economy. Requires local boards to develop strategies for using technological improvements to facilitate access to workforce development services. Eliminates the requirement that each local board appoint a youth council as a subgroup of the board and select providers of youth activities on the basis of its recommendations. | 2022-02-03T05:56:48Z | |
| 112-hr-3615 | 112 | hr | 3615 | Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-08 | 2011-12-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] | NM | R | P000588 | 19 | Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2011 - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation) of the Social Security Act to require state laws to deny unemployment compensation to applicants unless they undergo drug testing and test negative. Requires a retest after a 30-day waiting period for applicants who test positive for any one of several specified drugs. Denies unemployment compensation for five years to any applicant who tests positive for drugs three or more times. | 2019-11-15T21:42:41Z | |
| 112-hr-3601 | 112 | hr | 3601 | Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-07 | 2011-12-14 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2261) | House | Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1] | GA | R | K000220 | 6 | Ensuring Quality in the Unemployment Insurance Program (EQUIP) Act - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state unemployment compensation (UC) laws to require, as a condition of UC eligibility for a benefit year, an applicant, before receiving any UC, to: (1) complete a substance abuse risk assessment; and (2) test negative for controlled substances within one week after the results of such assessment if the state determines that the applicant is a high-risk. Prescribes retesting requirements and UC payment suspensions for applicants who test positive. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide funding for such substance abuse testing out of current funds appropriated for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and, after application of those funds, for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program. | 2019-11-15T21:42:41Z | |
| 112-s-1948 | 112 | s | 1948 | WIN Jobs and Applied Education Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-06 | 2011-12-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000590 | 1 | Workforce Innovation for New Jobs and Applied Education Act or WIN Jobs and Applied Education Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to establish the Innovation in Investment pilot program in order to make competitive grants to eligible consortia (i.e. businesses and institutions of higher education) in covered states to establish state Innovation in Investment pilot programs to provide training and educational assistance to unemployed individuals, or postsecondary students not seeking a baccalaureate degree, that lead to a degree or industry or professional certification or licensure and eventually to employment. Defines "covered state" to mean a state: (1) in which the percentage of individuals with household incomes at or below the poverty line is greater than the percentage of individuals in the United States in such households, (2) in which the percentage of the adult population with a baccalaureate degree is not more than 25%, and (3) that meets such other measures determined by the Secretary. Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Office of Apprenticeship of the Department of Labor, to: (1) increase public awareness of the national apprenticeship program through the dissemination of certain apprenticeship information, and (2) establish a pilot program to expand such program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an apprenticeship program expenses tax credit for a qualified employer equal to the amount of taxes and educational assistance paid or incurred by the employer on behalf of a qualified employee that works at least 20 hours per week. Authorizes the Secretary or the Secretary of Education to approve a covered registered apprenticeship program or a cooperative program as a level 1 or level 2 creditable program for purposes of the tax credit. Limits such credit to 3 years. Requires states to establish Workforce Education and Training Advisory Committees. | 2023-01-11T13:22:58Z | |
| 112-hr-3538 | 112 | hr | 3538 | To amend the Railway Labor Act to direct the National Mediation Board to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2011-12-01 | 2011-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] | FL | R | M000689 | 162 | Amends the Railway Labor Act to require the National Mediation Board to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct decertification of a labor organization as are applied to elections to certify a representative. | 2021-04-19T19:19:47Z | |
| 112-sjres-30 | 112 | sjres | 30 | A joint resolution extending the cooling-off period under section 10 of the Railway Labor Act with respect to the dispute referred to in Executive Order No. 13586 of October 6, 2011. | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-30 | 2011-12-01 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 240. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | Extends through 12:01 a.m. on February 8, 2012, (the cooling-off period) with respect to the dispute of October 6, 2011, between railway carriers (represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference) and their railroad employees (represented by labor organizations), so that no change, except by agreement, shall be made by such parties, in the dispute conditions as they existed before 12:01 a.m. on December 6, 2011. | 2019-02-20T22:52:32Z | |
| 112-sjres-31 | 112 | sjres | 31 | A joint resolution applying certain conditions to the dispute referred to in Executive Order 13586 of October 6, 2011, between the enumerated freight rail carriers, common carriers by rail in interstate commerce, and certain of their employees represented by labor organizations that have not agreed to extend the cooling-off period under section 10 of the Railway Labor Act beyond 12:01 a.m. on December 6, 2011. | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-30 | 2011-12-01 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 0 | Requires certain conditions to apply to the dispute of October 6, 2011, between the freight rail carriers, common rail carriers, and certain of their railroad employees (represented by labor organizations) that have not agreed to extend the dispute's cooling-off period beyond 12:01 a.m. on December 6, 2011. Requires the parties to such dispute to take all necessary steps to restore or preserve the dispute conditions as they existed before 12:01 a.m. on December 6, 2011. Makes the November 5, 2011, report and recommendations of the Emergency Board 243, however, binding on the parties upon enactment of this joint resolution and with the same effect as though arrived at by agreement of the parties under the Railway Labor Act; except that nothing in this joint resolution shall prevent a mutual written agreement to terms and conditions different from those established by this joint resolution. Declares, moreover, that if there are unresolved implementing issues remaining with respect to the report and recommendations or agreement 10 days after enactment of this resolution, the parties shall enter into binding arbitration with the National Mediation Board to resolve such issues. | 2019-02-20T22:52:33Z | |
| 112-sjres-32 | 112 | sjres | 32 | A joint resolution to provide for the resolution of the outstanding issues in the current railway labor-management dispute. | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-30 | 2011-12-01 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 242. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 0 | Requires the parties to specified disputes between railway carriers (represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference) and certain of their railroad employees (represented by specified labor organizations) to take all necessary steps to restore or preserve dispute conditions as they existed before 12:01 a.m. on December 6, 2011, such status to remain in effect through December 31, 2014 (the cooling off period). Makes the report and recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board No. 243 issued on November 5, 2011, however, binding on the parties, with the same effect as though arrived at by agreement of the parties under the Railway Labor Act, for the period from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2014 (except with respect to the optional election by a labor organization that is a party to this dispute of the specified interim January 1, 2015, employee wage increase). | 2022-02-03T05:54:26Z | |
| 112-hr-3493 | 112 | hr | 3493 | National Commission on Employment and Economic Security Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-18 | 2011-11-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] | FL | D | H000324 | 0 | National Commission on Employment and Economic Security Act - Establishes the National Commission on Employment and Economic Security to: (1) examine the effects of economic and psychological insecurity caused by employment displacement and the decreasing number of well-paid jobs on U.S. workers and their families; and (2) recommend to the President and Congress potential solutions, including legislative and administrative action, to alleviate such problems. | 2019-02-20T21:51:33Z | |
| 112-hr-3471 | 112 | hr | 3471 | HIRE Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-17 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5] | MA | D | T000465 | 0 | Helping Individuals Return to Employment Act or HIRE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible entities to hire unemployed individuals age 16 and older to perform a minimum of 20 hours per week of work to benefit certain communities, including activities such as public works, beautification, historic restoration, tutoring, and adult education. Restricts such grants to eligible entities located in or primarily serving in a community designated either as a renewal community, an empowerment zone, or a historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone), if the unemployment rate in the area is higher than 7% during the 3-month period preceding award of the grant. Requires that priority in the award of grants be given to individuals who have been unemployed for more than a year. Prescribes certain grant limitations. | 2019-11-15T21:05:24Z | |
| 112-s-1885 | 112 | s | 1885 | Responsible Unemployment Extension Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-17 | 2011-11-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] | NV | R | H001041 | 1 | Responsible Unemployment Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2013. Postpones the termination of the program until June 8, 2013. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2013, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 9, 2013, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Rescinds specified unobligated discretionary funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine and identify from which appropriation accounts such rescissions shall apply, including their amounts. Exempts from rescission any unobligated funds of the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), or the Army Corps of Engineers. | 2019-02-20T23:22:48Z | |
| 112-hr-3425 | 112 | hr | 3425 | Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-15 | 2012-03-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 35 | Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5 billion. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment. Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections. | 2022-02-03T05:57:47Z | |
| 112-hr-3427 | 112 | hr | 3427 | STARTUP Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-15 | 2012-01-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. | House | Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] | TX | D | D000399 | 6 | Startup Technical Assistance for Reemployment Training and Unemployment Prevention Act or the STARTUP Act - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize states to establish a self-employment assistance program (a program to provide unemployed individuals with an allowance in lieu of extended unemployment compensation to establish a business and become self-employed). Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to allow individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation to participate in a self-employment assistance program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) award grants to states for self-employment assistance programs; (2) develop model language that may be used by states in enacting such programs and provide technical assistance to states in establishing, improving, and administering such programs; (3) establish reporting requirement for states that have established such programs; and (4) report to Congress on the effectiveness of such programs. Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to repeal the program for investment in microentrepreneurs. Limits and rescinds funding for the Loan Modernization and Accounting System established by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Directs the Administrator of SBA to terminate the Special Purpose Counseling Grant program under the Small Business Act. | 2022-02-03T05:59:46Z | |
| 112-s-1861 | 112 | s | 1861 | Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-15 | 2011-11-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] | CT | D | B001277 | 0 | Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Treasury the Pathways Back to Work Fund, with an initial appropriation of $5 billion. Requires the Secretary of Labor to make certain Fund allocations to states with approved plans, qualifying outlying areas (U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau), and Native American program grantees to provide: (1) subsidized employment to unemployed, low-income adults; and (2) summer and year-round employment opportunities to low-income youth. Requires the Secretary to award competitive grants to local entities for work-based training and other work-related and educational strategies and activities of demonstrated effectiveness to provide unemployed, low-income adults and low-income youths with skills that will lead to employment. Subjects activities funded under this Act to federal labor standards and nondiscrimination protections. | 2020-02-10T17:06:49Z | |
| 112-s-1843 | 112 | s | 1843 | Representation Fairness Restoration Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-10 | 2011-11-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 33 | Representation Fairness Restoration Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to revise requirements for determination by the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) of an appropriate bargaining unit before an election of collective bargaining representation. (In effect reverses the NLRB's August 26, 2011, decision in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation of Mobile and its June 22, 2011, rulemaking regarding proposed changes to procedures involving the election of collective bargaining representation.) Replaces the current restriction in the meaning of collective bargaining unit to employer unit, craft unit, plant unit, or subdivision. Requires the NLRB, instead, to determine a unit as appropriate for collective bargaining if it consists of employees that share a sufficient community of interest. Specifies factors the NLRB must consider when making such determinations. Prohibits exclusion of employees from the unit unless the group's interests are sufficiently distinct from those of other employees to warrant the establishment of a separate unit. | 2021-12-20T15:53:29Z | |
| 112-s-1826 | 112 | s | 1826 | STARTUP Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-08 | 2011-11-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 2 | Startup Technical Assistance for Reemployment Training and Unemployment Prevention Act or the STARTUP Act - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize states to establish a self-employment assistance program (a program to provide unemployed individuals with an allowance in lieu of extended unemployment compensation to establish a business and become self-employed). Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to allow individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation to participate in a self-employment assistance program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) award grants to states for self-employment assistance programs; (2) develop model language that may be used by states in enacting such programs and provide technical assistance to states in establishing, improving, and administering such programs; (3) establish reporting requirement for states that have established such programs; and (4) report to Congress on the effectiveness of such programs. Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to repeal the program for investment in microentrepreneurs. Limits and rescinds funding for the Loan Modernization and Accounting System established by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Directs the Administrator of SBA to terminate the Special Purpose Counseling Grant program under the Small Business Act. | 2022-02-03T05:59:53Z | |
| 112-hr-3346 | 112 | hr | 3346 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-03 | 2011-11-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] | TX | D | D000399 | 89 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2013. Postpones the termination of the program until June 8, 2013. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2013, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2013, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2012. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2012, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for those with less than 10. Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemplo… | 2021-04-19T19:15:23Z | |
| 112-s-1804 | 112 | s | 1804 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-03 | 2011-11-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7134-7135) | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 7 | Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through January 3, 2013. Postpones the termination of the program until June 8, 2013. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until January 4, 2013, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and June 10, 2013, from the prohibition in the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 against federal matching payments to a state for the first week in an individual's eligibility period for which extended compensation or sharable regular compensation is paid if the state law provides for payment of regular compensation to an individual for his or her first week of otherwise compensable unemployment. (Thus allows temporary federal matching for the first week of extended benefits for states with no waiting period.) Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to authorize a state by law to apply certain requirements of the Act, with specified substitutions, for determining an extended unemployment compensation period. Requires the state's "on" and "off" indicators to be based on its rate of insured unemployment and rate of total unemployment for the period between enactment of this Act (or, if later, the date established pursuant to state law), and ending on or before December 31, 2012. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to extend through December 31, 2012, the temporary increase in extended unemployment benefits for employees with 10 or more years of service and for those with less than 10. Amends title XII (Advances to State Unemployme… | 2019-02-20T23:17:01Z | |
| 112-hres-452 | 112 | hres | 452 | Recognizing the importance labor unions play in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for more equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by everyday workers. | Labor and Employment | 2011-11-01 | 2011-11-02 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7217-7218) | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 110 | Recognizes the importance labor unions play in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for more equitable wages, humane working conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by everyday workers. | 2021-09-28T12:40:34Z | |
| 112-s-1769 | 112 | s | 1769 | Rebuild America Jobs Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-10-31 | 2011-11-03 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure under the order of 11/2/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 195. (consideration: CR S7113) | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 23 | Rebuild America Jobs Act - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American). Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%. Requires all laborers and mechanics employed on federally-assisted projects to be paid wages at the locally prevailing rates (Davis-Bacon Act). Makes specified funds available to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) grants-in-aid for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning projects under the airport improvement program (AIP); (2) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Next Generation air traffic control system advancements; (3) highway and bridge restoration, repair, and construction projects and for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects; (4) grants for high-speed rail projects, capital investment grants for intercity passenger rail service, and grants to reduce congestion on intercity rail passenger transportation; (5) capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); (6) transit capital assistance grants; (7) capital projects for existing fixed guideway system modernization, replacement and repair of buses and bus-related equipment, and construction of bus-related facilities; and (8) discretionary capital investment grants for surface transportation infrastructure. Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards under which contracts for construction projects contain requirements for the local … | 2019-02-20T23:15:54Z | |
| 112-hr-3271 | 112 | hr | 3271 | Security and Financial Empowerment Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-10-27 | 2012-02-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] | CA | D | R000486 | 14 | Security and Financial Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations for grants for the national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence for FY2012-FY2016. Establishes limits on the use of funds for administrative costs. Requires the center to provide information and assistance to enable victim service organizations to provide resource materials or other assistance to employers, labor organizations, or employees. Amends the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to set forth entitlement standards and implementation guidelines for employee use of emergency leave to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (domestic or sexual violence). Prohibits: (1) any employer from interfering with the exercise of any right provided under this Act; or (2) discrimination against any individual for exercising any such right, opposing any practice made unlawful by this Act, or instituting any proceeding under this Act. Establishes a private right of action to enforce this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints of violations of this Act. Permits victims of domestic or sexual violence to substitute existing leave in lieu of emergency leave. Authorizes state use of funds under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to provide nonrecurrent short-term emergency benefits for victims of domestic or sexual violence on emergency leave. Adds provisions to VAWA, entitled the Victims' Employment Sustainability Act, to prohibit certain discriminatory practices against victims of domestic or sexual violence by: (1) employers with respect to the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment; or (2) public agencies with respect to the terms or conditions of public assistance. Authorizes civil actions by individuals or the Attorney General to enforce such provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit denial of unemployment compensation to individuals se… | 2023-01-11T13:22:02Z | |
| 112-hr-3249 | 112 | hr | 3249 | To recognize small employer benefit arrangements as employers, and for other purposes. | Labor and Employment | 2011-10-24 | 2011-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to treat certain small employer benefit arrangements (SEBAs) as employers for the purpose of providing qualified retirement and accident and health plans or group-term life insurance. Defines a SEBA as a member owned, democratically controlled cooperative organization that: (1) has at least 21 shareholders of whom 90% percent are in the same or similar line of business; (2) sponsors an accident and health plan for shareholder-members and any of their employees; (3) sponsors a qualified retirement plan meeting specified requirements and available to shareholder-members and their employees; (4) provides employee benefits pursuant to a written agreement; and (5) requires all benefit eligible employees of a shareholder-member to participate according to the same statutory eligibility criteria normally accorded them. Treats the shareholder-members of a SEBA as employers for purposes of administering and allocating items of income, credits, deductions, or exclusions associated with the provision of employee benefits. Prohibits treatment as a SEBA of any organization or related entity that is owned, in whole or in part, or managed or controlled in whole or in part, by any management agreement or certificates of indebtedness, directly or indirectly, or by: (1) any agents, brokers or providers of a health, life, or disability insurer; (2) a retirement plan service provider; (3) claim administrators; or (4) investment advisors. Requires any group health plan established or maintained by a SEBA to be fully insured (thus prohibiting self-insurance). | 2023-01-11T13:22:03Z | |
| 112-s-1743 | 112 | s | 1743 | Learn to Earn Reemployment Training Improvement Act of 2011 | Labor and Employment | 2011-10-20 | 2011-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] | MA | R | B001268 | 0 | Learn to Earn Reemployment Training Improvement Act of 2011 - Establishes the Learn to Earn program to facilitate the reemployment of individuals receiving emergency unemployment compensation (EUC claimants) under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to analyze federal job training programs and recommend to Congress their termination or consolidation sufficient to result in total savings of at least $100 million per fiscal year. Prescribes legislative procedures for consideration in both chambers of proposed legislative language (job training bill) for program terminations or consolidations. Directs the Secretary to make certain allotments (out of funds saved from program terminations and consolidations) to states with approved state plans to establish State Learn to Earn programs to increase reemployment opportunities for EUC claimants by providing them with short-term work experience placements with eligible employers. Prescribes program requirements. Requires a State Learn to Earn program to give participants emergency unemployment compensation (including augmented wages, if necessary) for work performed. Authorizes a program also to provide supportive services to a participant, such as transportation, child care, and dependent care. | 2023-01-11T13:21:58Z | |
| 112-s-1747 | 112 | s | 1747 | CPU Act | Labor and Employment | 2011-10-20 | 2011-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] | NC | D | H001049 | 8 | Computer Professionals Update Act or CPU Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise and expand the exemption from overtime and minimum wage requirements for any employee who is an analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other skilled worker. Extends the exemption to any employee working broadly in a computer or information technology (IT) occupation, including but not limited to work related to computers, information systems, components, networks, software, hardware, databases, security, the Internet, intranet, or websites. Adds to the current occupations cited designer, developer, and administrator. Applies such exemption to IT professionals: (1) whose primary duties include, among other things, network or database analysis, consulting with users, and directing the work or training of individuals performing such duties; and (2) who are paid at a rate of at least $27.63 an hour (as under current law) or on a salary basis. | 2020-02-10T17:06:50Z |
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