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| 114-hr-6467 | 114 | hr | 6467 | Use It or Choose It Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-12-07 | 2016-12-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 0 | Use It or Choose It Act of 2016 This bill allows an individual, when moving from one position (i.e., any form of compensated employment, including part-time employment and independent contracting) within the workforce to another, to elect to retain any benefits (i.e., health care-related benefits, workers compensation, life insurance, family and medical leave, and annual, sick, paternity, or maternity leave) earned when occupying such position. The bill requires contractual providers of such benefits to extend them on the same terms and conditions as those provided to employees in the former position, or those similarly situated. Employers accruing funds or reserves corresponding to leave or other benefits shall transfer such funds or reserves to new employers upon request. | 2023-01-11T13:33:55Z | |
| 114-s-3503 | 114 | s | 3503 | EMPLEO Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-12-06 | 2016-12-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 0 | Economic Mobility for Productive Livelihoods and Expanding Opportunity Act of 2016 or the EMPLEO Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require every employer to pay to each of his or her eligible Puerto Rican employees who in any workweek are engaged in commerce and who receive qualified wage subsidy payments minimum wages of $5.00 an hour, determined without regard to those wage subsidy payments. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat certain employers who make qualified wage subsidy payments to eligible Puerto Rico employees as having paid payroll taxes in an amount equal to the wage subsidy payment. An “eligible Puerto Rico employee” is any individual who: (1) is a U.S. citizen, (2) has a Social Security number, and (3) certifies to the employer that he or she is a resident of Puerto Rico and intends to remain a resident for at least the next six months. A “qualified wage subsidy payment” is a payment equal to 50% of the excess (if any) of: (1) the median hourly wage for Puerto Rico ($10 for 2017 and 2018), over (2) the hourly wage paid to the eligible Puerto Rico employee. The bill sets forth reporting requirements for participating employers and requirements for determining the median hourly wage for Puerto Rico after 2018. | 2023-01-11T13:34:44Z | |
| 114-hres-931 | 114 | hres | 931 | Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 14, 2016, as "National Apprenticeship Week". | Labor and Employment | 2016-11-17 | 2016-11-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] | NY | D | R000602 | 14 | Supports the designation of National Apprenticeship Week. | 2023-01-11T13:33:59Z | |
| 114-hr-6326 | 114 | hr | 6326 | Regulatory Impact on Employment and Wages Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-11-16 | 2016-12-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House | Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] | MI | R | W000798 | 0 | Regulatory Impact on Employment and Wages Act This bill bars any major rule proposed by a federal agency on or after enactment of this bill from taking effect as a final rule until the Department of Labor, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, conducts a study to determine how the rule will impact: wage growth (including for hourly and part-time workers) in each industry to which it is applicable, and employment in each such industry. The bill states that the requirement for conducting a study under this bill may not be fulfilled by a study that is conducted prior to this bill's enactment date, or conducted by another agency. | 2023-01-11T13:34:04Z | |
| 114-s-3470 | 114 | s | 3470 | Miners Protection Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-11-16 | 2016-11-16 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 669. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Miners Protection Act of 2016 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to provide health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General Fund of the Treasury to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan. (Under current law, transfers are calculated by taking into account beneficiaries that actually enrolled in the plan as of December 31, 2006, and who are eligible to receive benefits under the plan on the first day of the calendar year for which the transfer is made.) The expanded group includes: (1) beneficiaries actually enrolled in the plan as of the date of enactment of this bill and who are eligible for benefits on the first day of the calendar year for which the transfer is made, and (2) beneficiaries whose health benefits would be denied or reduced as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced in 2012 or 2015. A voluntary employees' beneficiary association (VEBA) established as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding described above must transfer to the plan any amounts received as a result of the bankruptcy proceeding, reduced by the amount of the VEBA's administrative costs. Transfers by Treasury are reduced by the amount of the VEBA transfers. Treasury must also transfer additional funds to the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the amounts available for transfer under SMCRA's $490 million annual limit exceed the amounts required to be transferred for other purposes (including to the UMWA Health Plans). The bill also: (1) prohibits the pension plan from making certai… | 2022-02-02T06:06:34Z | |
| 114-s-3462 | 114 | s | 3462 | Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-29 | 2016-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] | OK | R | L000575 | 7 | Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act This bill postpones from December 1, 2016, until June 1, 2017, the effective date of a final rule of the Department of Labor revising income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer ("white collar") employees exempt from regular minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z | |
| 114-s-3464 | 114 | s | 3464 | Overtime Reform and Review Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-29 | 2016-11-15 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 10 | Overtime Reform and Review Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) with respect to exemptions from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements for executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees to increase over a five-year period the salary threshold for such exemptions, beginning on December 1, 2016, with a subsequent increase on December 1, 2018, and each December 1 through 2021. The Government Accountability Office shall conduct, and submit to Congress, a study of the implementation of the 2016 initial salary threshold. The rule submitted by the Department of Labor entitled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees" shall cease to have any force or effect. This bill amends the FLSA, with respect to requirements for updating the salary threshold, to direct Labor, for any change to the salary threshold, to: (1) propose a specific and enumerated rate of compensation required for an employee to be exempt from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements, and (2) issue a rule through notice and comment rulemaking. | 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z | |
| 114-hr-6293 | 114 | hr | 6293 | Fair Salary History Alternatives for Responsible Employment Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-28 | 2016-10-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. | House | Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | W000822 | 0 | Fair SHARE Act of 2016 or the Fair Salary History Alternatives for Responsible Employment Act of 2016 This bill makes it an unlawful employment practice for certain employers to seek information concerning a job applicant's salary history. An exception is established authorizing an employer to seek such information in a case in which the employer has made an offer of employment, including the compensation amount, to the applicant and the applicant volunteers such information and provides written authorization to the employer authorizing the employer to verify such information The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall issue rules relating to such exception. Enforcement procedures and remedies are set forth 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. | 2023-01-11T13:33:39Z | |
| 114-s-3429 | 114 | s | 3429 | Small Business Survival from Disaster Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 0 | Small Business Survival from Disaster Act This bill postpones from December 1, 2016, until December 1, 2018, the effective date of final rule of the Department of Labor revising income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer ("white collar") employees exempt from regular minimum wage and overtime pay requirements with respect to any states in which, after August 14, 2016, the President has declared that a major disaster exists. | 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z | |
| 114-s-3433 | 114 | s | 3433 | CLEAR Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 0 | Comprehensive Labor Evaluation and Research Act or the CLEAR Act This bill establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Labor Evaluation and Research to collaborate with federal agencies to ensure that evaluations of labor issues meet evidence-based research standards and that the results are disseminated in forms that are usable or adaptable by practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public. Labor must appoint a Chief Evaluation Officer as the head of the office to: (1) manage and conduct scientifically valid evaluation and research of labor issues, (2) assist in establishing and refining structures for programs and activities, (3) measure impacts of programs, (4) carry out data analytics to strengthen management, (5) solicit stakeholder recommendations, (6) identify long-term priority topics, (7) coordinate activities with other federal agencies, and (8) disseminate information to stakeholders. The Chief Evaluation Officer must maintain a Clearinghouse for Labor Evaluation and Research that: (1) reviews whether labor evaluations and research meet evidence-based research standards; (2) promotes accessibility and public awareness of results that meet the standards; (3) encourages the use of reviewed evaluations and research to inform policies, programs, and activities; (4) assesses the quality of evaluations that examine the effectiveness of particular programs; and (5) acts to synthesize evaluations and research within a topic area, highlight gaps in literature, and identify areas for further research. The Chief Evaluation Officer may award grants, enter contracts and cooperative agreements, and provide technical assistance to Labor agencies and other entities to carry out this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:33:31Z | |
| 114-s-3444 | 114 | s | 3444 | Education Support Professional Family Medical Leave Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-28 | 2016-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 0 | Education Support Professional Family Medical Leave Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide that employees who are education support professionals will be considered as meeting the hours of service requirement to become eligible for family or medical leave under the Act, if they have worked, during the previous 12-month period, at least an average of: 60 hours a month for the employer from whom the leave is requested, or 60% of the total monthly hours expected for the employee's job description and duties with regard to that employer. The bill defines an "education support professional" as an employee of a public elementary or secondary school or public institution of higher education that may include: (1) a paraeducator who provides instructional or noninstructional support; and (2) a member of the secretarial, clerical, or administrative support staff (e.g., bus drivers, janitors, kitchen workers, and security guards). The Department of Labor may provide a method for calculating leave under the Act for education support professionals. | 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z | |
| 114-hr-6117 | 114 | hr | 6117 | Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] | VA | D | S000185 | 26 | Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Labor to administer summer and year-round youth employment programs that: (1) match youth participants with appropriate employers for high-quality employment opportunities; (2) subsidize participants' wages; (3) provide specified coaching and mentoring; (4) provide participants with supportive services to enable program participation, if applicable; (5) develop plans to increase unsubsidized employment opportunities; and (6) connect participants with literacy services. In addition, Labor shall award competitive grants to assist community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates. Grantees shall use funds to: (1) make appropriate use of existing data collection systems to target youths; (2) develop comprehensive pathways to higher education and employment; (3) provide comprehensive support systems; and (4) provide comprehensive systems aimed at preventing youths from disconnecting from education, training, and employment. The bill establishes labor standards, performance accountability measures, and reporting requirements with respect to each of these new programs. | 2023-01-11T13:33:45Z | |
| 114-hr-6136 | 114 | hr | 6136 | USA Retirement Funds Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 5 | USA Retirement Funds Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require employers who do not already offer specified retirement plans to provide tax-exempt retirement funds (USA Retirement Fund arrangements) to their employees. The bill includes exemptions for certain small or new employers, governments, and churches. Employees may elect to contribute to the funds using payroll deductions (or other periodic direct deposits) or to receive payments directly in cash. Unless employees opt out of a fund or elect a different contribution amount, they are automatically enrolled to make contributions that begin with 3% of annual compensation in 2017 and eventually increase to 6% after 2019. The Department of Labor must review and select retirement plans that qualify for the funds. The bill establishes a board of trustees to administer the funds and a commission to advise Labor regarding the funds. An employee may not contribute more than $15,000 per year to a fund. Employers may contribute up to $5,000 per year on behalf of an employee. The limits must be adjusted annually for inflation. The funds must pay benefits to employees in the form of an annuity, in accordance with specified requirements. The bill establishes limits on withdrawals and transfers from the funds. It also establishes civil and criminal penalties to enforce the requirements for the funds and prevent fraud. The funds are tax-exempt, and the bill specifies requirements for the tax treatment of contributions, rollover contributions, and distributions. The bill also specifies reporting and disclosure requirements for the funds. | 2023-01-11T13:33:44Z | |
| 114-s-3389 | 114 | s | 3389 | State Retirement Savings Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-22 | 2016-09-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] | NM | D | H001046 | 0 | State Retirement Savings Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to authorize and establish requirements for: (1) state-sponsored multiple employer retirement plans, and (2) state-managed payroll deduction savings programs that provide individual retirement plans. | 2023-01-11T13:33:32Z | |
| 114-hr-6094 | 114 | hr | 6094 | Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-21 | 2016-11-15 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662. | House | Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] | MI | R | W000798 | 76 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act (Sec. 2) This bill postpones from December 1, 2016, until June 1, 2017, the effective date of a final rule of the Department of Labor (81 Fed. Reg. 32552 [May 23, 2016]) revising income thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer ("white collar") employees exempt from regular minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. Nothing in this bill shall be construed as providing authority for such rule, nor any part of it, that is not otherwise provided by law. | 2023-01-11T13:33:46Z | |
| 114-s-3365 | 114 | s | 3365 | A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the treatment of pension and employee benefit plans maintained by tribal governments. | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-20 | 2016-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 0 | This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to treat employee benefit or pension plans maintained by Indian tribes and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to tribal law in the same manner as plans maintained by states and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to state law. | 2023-01-11T13:33:33Z | |
| 114-hr-6064 | 114 | hr | 6064 | Partnerships for the Future Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-15 | 2016-09-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] | TX | D | V000131 | 0 | Partnerships for the Future Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a competitive grant pilot program to award grants to eligible entities for developing, offering, improving, or providing science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM) education or career training programs for workers. "Eligible entity" means one of the following in partnership with employers or an association of employers: a junior or community college; a postsecondary vocational institution; a four-year public institution of higher education that offers two-year degrees, will use provided funds for activities at the certificate and associate degree levels, and is not reasonably close to a community college; a tribal college or university; at Labor's discretion, a private, not-for-profit, two-year institution of higher education in a specified U.S. territory or possession; or a consortium of any such entities. An eligible entity may partner with an adult education provider or institution of higher education, an entity with a demonstrated record of successfully meeting student and family needs, or a joint labor-management partnership. The bill sets forth criteria and priorities for awarding grants. Grants shall be used for: the development, offering, improvement, or provision of STEM academic programs or training programs that provide relevant job training for skilled occupations that will meet the needs of employers in in-demand industry sectors; the development and implementation of policies and programs to expand opportunities for students to earn a recognized postsecondary STEM credential or degree in such sectors and in-demand occupations; the creation of workforce programs that provide a sequence of education and occupational training that leads to a recognized postsecondary STEM credential or degree; and/or the support of regional or national in-demand industry sectors to develop skills consortia that will identify pressing workforce needs and develop solutions. | 2023-01-11T13:33:47Z | |
| 114-s-3341 | 114 | s | 3341 | American Apprenticeship Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-15 | 2016-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 1 | American Apprenticeship Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to make competitive grants to assist states in, and to pay for the federal share of between 20% and 50% of the cost of, carrying out projects that defray the cost of instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. The bill defines: (1) "apprenticeship" as one registered under the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937; and (2) "pre-apprenticeship" as an initiative or set of strategies that provides training, that is designed to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in an apprenticeship program, and that includes a formal agreement enabling participants who complete it to enter an apprenticeship program with an employer, joint labor-management partnership, trade association, professional association, labor organization, or other entity and agreements concerning earning credit recognized by a postsecondary educational institution. A joint team of employees from Labor and the Department of Education shall review, and make recommendations regarding approval of, grant applications. A state that receives a grant shall use the funds to defray related costs of tuition and fees, textbooks, equipment, curriculum development, and other required educational materials. Labor shall: (1) establish performance measures and an evaluation system for such grant program; and (2) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, analyze the use of the apprenticeship model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress. | 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z | |
| 114-s-3344 | 114 | s | 3344 | Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-15 | 2016-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to authorize the Department of Education to award early-phase, mid-phase, or expansion grants to eligible entities, including local educational agencies and area career and technical education (CTE) schools, to: create, develop, implement, or take to scale evidence-based, field initiated innovations, including through a pay for success initiative to improve CTE student outcomes; and evaluate such innovations rigorously. Funding under the Act may be used by eligible agencies for state leadership activities and by eligible recipients for local uses to support CTE programs to: make all forms of instructional content widely available, which may include the use of open educational resources; and support pay for success initiatives. Funding under the Act may also be used by eligible agencies for state leadership activities to provide or support work-based learning opportunities for students, which may include employer-led training resulting in recognized credential and apprenticeship programs for such students. Funds received for local use shall be used for such activities. | 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z | |
| 114-s-3349 | 114 | s | 3349 | Career and Technical Education for Adult Learners Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-15 | 2016-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5847) | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 1 | Career and Technical Education for Adult Learners Act of 2016 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to modify the requirements for career and technical education programs to align the programs with adult education programs. The bill revises the purposes of the Act to include promoting adult education and supporting partnerships among adult education programs. States may develop core indicators of performance for career and technical education students at the adult education level. At a minimum, the indicators must measure: (1) student attainment of challenging career and technical skill proficiency, including student achievement on technical assessments that are aligned with industry-recognized standards; and (2) the eligibly entity's performance on the indicators of performance described in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill also: (1) includes the state director of adult education in the development of the state plan for career and technical education, and (2) specifies that adult education providers that also offer certain career and technical education courses leading to technical skill proficiency and an industry-recognized credential or certificate are eligible to receive funds under the Act. | 2023-01-11T13:33:34Z | |
| 114-sres-560 | 114 | sres | 560 | A resolution designating October 30, 2016, as a national day of remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers. | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-15 | 2016-11-16 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates October 30, 2016, as a national day of remembrance for U.S. nuclear weapons program workers, including uranium miners, millers, and haulers. | 2023-01-11T13:34:06Z | |
| 114-hr-6021 | 114 | hr | 6021 | Jobs, On-the-Job `Earn While You Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-14 | 2016-09-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] | GA | D | S001157 | 10 | Jobs, On-the-Job "Earn While You Learn" Training, and Apprenticeships for African-American Young Men Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to request labor unions, general contractors, and businesses that will rebuild infrastructure, transportation systems, technology and computer networks, and energy distribution systems to actively recruit, hire, and provide on-the-job training to African American men ages 18 to 39 through existing jobs, apprenticeships, and "earn while you learn" programs. Labor must help coordinate such recruitment. The jobs, training, and apprenticeships must be conducted in conjunction with Labor, labor unions and associations involved in infrastructure rebuilding, and the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee. Labor unions, contractors, and businesses involved with such infrastructure or systems must recruit by seeking assistance from the African American community, churches, the National Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 100 Black Men of America, high school and college job placement offices, and media outlets. | 2023-01-11T13:33:49Z | |
| 114-hr-6030 | 114 | hr | 6030 | Pay Equity for All Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-14 | 2016-09-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 25 | Pay Equity for All Act of 2016 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make it an unlawful practice for an employer to: screen prospective employees based on their previous wages or salary histories; seek the previous wages or salary history of any prospective employee from any current or former employer of such employee; or discharge or in any other manner retaliate against any current or prospective employee because the employee opposed any act or practice made unlawful by the Act, or made or is about to make a complaint relating to any such act or practice, or testified or is about to testify, assist, or participate in any manner in an investigation or proceeding relating to any such act or practice. The bill prescribes penalties for violations. | 2023-01-11T13:33:48Z | |
| 114-hr-5945 | 114 | hr | 5945 | Ready to Work Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-07 | 2016-09-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] | TX | R | B000755 | 10 | Ready to Work Act of 2016 This bill amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act to allow states, rather than the Department of Labor, to determine whether an individual claiming unemployment compensation is an individual for whom suitable work is only available in an occupation that regularly conducts drug testing. The final rule issued by Labor on August 1, 2016, entitled "Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Provision on Establishing Appropriate Occupations for Drug Testing of Unemployment Compensation Applicants" (81 Fed. Reg. 50298), shall have no force or effect. | 2023-01-11T13:33:51Z | |
| 114-hr-5939 | 114 | hr | 5939 | Giving Workers a Fair Shot Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-09-06 | 2016-09-06 | Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] | CO | D | P000598 | 0 | Giving Workers a Fair Shot Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to provide their employees with specified information concerning their pay, leave time, and eligibility for the minimum wage and overtime pay. Employers who fail to provide required information are subject to fines. The bill revises the definition of "supervisor" under the National Labor Relations Act to prevent the over classification of employees as supervisors for the purpose of limiting the number of employees eligible to join a union. The bill increases civil penalties for intentional violations of requirements under the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and imposes criminal penalties for violating certain requirements of those Acts, including violations of mandatory health or safety standards and for retaliation against employees who provide information about health or safety violations. The bill expedites the establishment of an initial collective bargaining agreement by allowing either an employer or a union to seek mediation under the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service if an agreement is not reached within 90 days after bargaining begins. The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to: (1) require repeat votes by shareholders on executive compensation until a vote is binding, (2) prohibit the chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of directors at publicly traded companies from being the same person (except for small capitalization companies), and (3) impose restrictions the sale of stock by company directors or officers. The bill disallows the reimbursement of costs incurred by a contractor in attempting to persuade its employees not to exercise their rights to organize or bargain collectively (union busting). | 2023-01-11T13:33:51Z | |
| 114-hr-5929 | 114 | hr | 5929 | Menstrual Products for Employees Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-25 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] | NY | D | M001188 | 0 | Menstrual Products for Employees Act This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by requiring the Department of Labor to issue a rule that requires each private employer with at least 100 employees to provide free menstrual hygiene products for their employees. | 2023-01-11T13:33:18Z | |
| 114-hr-5915 | 114 | hr | 5915 | Menstrual Products for Employees Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-18 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] | NY | D | M001188 | 0 | Menstrual Products for Employees Act of 2016 This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 by requiring the Department of Labor to issue a rule that requires private employers to provide free menstrual hygiene products for employees in their bathrooms. | 2023-01-11T13:33:19Z | |
| 114-hr-5918 | 114 | hr | 5918 | To establish requirements for participants in the peer-to-peer economy to be considered independent contractors and not employees for purposes of several employment-related statutes. | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-18 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] | AZ | R | S001183 | 0 | This bill prohibits individuals operating in the peer-to-peer economy from being considered employees subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the National Labor Relations Act if they: are permitted to determine the hours during which they offer services to users, are subject to a quality-of-service evaluation of the services they furnish through a user-based rating system, furnish any service user with an electronic description of the transaction and the amount paid for it, and use their own tools or assets to furnish those services. The bill defines "peer-to-peer economy" as the business of facilitating transactions between a user seeking a service and an individual furnishing the service using an online platform or software application running on a mobile device. | 2023-01-11T13:33:18Z | |
| 114-hr-5805 | 114 | hr | 5805 | Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] | IN | R | M001189 | 2 | Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to create an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF) to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate an individual's account. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to set forth additional reporting and notification requirements for retirement plans. Treasury and the SSA must take precautions to: (1) safeguard the privacy and security of participants' plan information, and (2) permit plan participants to opt out of inclusion in the RSLF. The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the IRC to revise provisions that permit mandatory distributions of the balances of small retirement accounts using a rollover into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill modifies the investment options available for the distributions and increases the maximum account balance that may be subject to such a distribution. A plan must transfer unclaimed mandatory distributions that are $1,000 or less to the RSLF or to an IRA established by the Department of the Treasury. The RSLF must invest funds received in Treasury securities and distribute the balance upon receiving an application from a plan participant or beneficiary. | 2023-01-11T13:33:23Z | |
| 114-hr-5813 | 114 | hr | 5813 | Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] | OR | D | S001180 | 17 | Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act This bill directs the Department of Labor, by December 1, 2016, to revise the rule published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2016, relating to exemptions (from the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act) regarding the rates of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees. Labor shall revise specified regulations to increase the defining rates of pay of exempted employees from $455 per week to: $692 per week for executive employees effective December 1, 2016; $765 per week for administrative employees effective December 1, 2017; $839 per week for professional employees effective December 1, 2018; and $913 per week for computer employees effective December 1, 2019; and Such revisions shall also nullify the automatic updates to the amounts of salary and compensation required for such exemptions. Labor may only update any rate of pay related to these exemptions in accordance with federal rulemaking requirements. | 2023-01-11T13:33:22Z | |
| 114-hr-5848 | 114 | hr | 5848 | Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] | IL | D | L000563 | 0 | Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to make entities that provide pre-apprenticeship programs eligible to receive funds for training servicesunder that Act. | 2023-01-11T13:33:21Z | |
| 114-hr-5849 | 114 | hr | 5849 | New Jobs Training Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] | IA | D | L000565 | 0 | New Jobs Training Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to employers to partner with community colleges to create programs for training individuals for new jobs with such employers. A "new job" is defined as a job that: may include a new position within an existing job category that is not a job of a recalled worker, a replacement job, or any other job that existed in the employer's business in the year preceding the date of hire; is not a job that existed in a business operation or substantially similar business operation of the employer formerly located in another location that was closed or substantially reduced by the employer; and results in a net increase in employment for the employer. | 2023-01-11T13:33:21Z | |
| 114-hr-5894 | 114 | hr | 5894 | Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30] | CA | D | S000344 | 48 | Eliminate So-Called Right-to-Work Legislation Nationwide Act of 2016 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the disclaimer that nothing in the law shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any state or territory in which such execution or application is prohibited by state or territorial law. (The bill preempts contrary state or territorial law to allow the execution or application of agreements requiring union membership.) | 2023-01-11T13:33:19Z | |
| 114-hres-836 | 114 | hres | 836 | Expressing the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees. | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] | UT | R | L000584 | 5 | Declares that the House of Representatives disapproves of the final rule published by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. | 2023-01-11T13:33:17Z | |
| 114-s-3231 | 114 | s | 3231 | Stronger Way Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] | WI | D | B001230 | 1 | Stronger Way Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a program, through grant agreements with state and local government agencies, that provides eligible unemployed or partially employed individuals with opportunities to work in a transitional job for the purpose of enabling them to gain, through wage-paying jobs, the experience and skills needed to move into regular employment. The Internal Revenue Code is amended to revise the earned income tax credit. The bill eliminates the existing child care tax credit and establishes in its place a refundable child tax credit equal to a specified percentage of the taxpayer's earned income, with limitations. | 2023-01-11T13:33:13Z | |
| 114-s-3253 | 114 | s | 3253 | FARM Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] | NE | R | F000463 | 5 | Fertilizer Access and Responsible Management Act or the FARM Act This bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to withdraw its revised enforcement policy published on July 22, 2015, concerning the exemption of retail facilities from coverage of the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals standard. (The standard contains requirements for managing hazards associated with processes using highly hazardous chemicals.) OSHA, when promulgating a rule relating to the exemption of retail facilities from coverage of the standards, must provide an opportunity for the public to submit comments as specified by the bill and invite meaningful public input in the rulemaking. | 2023-01-11T13:33:12Z | |
| 114-s-3271 | 114 | s | 3271 | Workforce Advance Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 1 | Workforce Advance Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to include dual or concurrent enrollment and early college high school options as part of the Act's supported career technical education (CTE) programs. (Dual and concurrent enrollment programs and early college courses allow students to earn college credit while still in high school.) The bill allows: (1) schools to use a portion of funding received under the Act for tuition and fees for CTE college courses, and (2) school districts to use such funding to support educators pursuing the credentials they need to teach these courses in their high schools. The Department of Education may include in its demonstration and dissemination of best practices information on CTE programs methods and techniques for providing and integrating dual or concurrent enrollment, early college high schools, pre-apprenticeship programs, and other opportunities for secondary students to earn postsecondary education credit in CTE programs. | 2023-01-11T13:33:11Z | |
| 114-s-3275 | 114 | s | 3275 | Pilot Pension Relief Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-14 | 2016-07-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 0 | Pilot Pension Relief Act of 2016 This bill revises the method for calculating the maximum guaranteed benefits required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) for participants in the pilot's pension plan that was sponsored by United Airlines and terminated under ERISA on December 30, 2004. | 2023-01-11T13:33:11Z | |
| 114-s-3174 | 114 | s | 3174 | LADDER Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-13 | 2016-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] | ME | I | K000383 | 0 | Leveling Access to Demonstrated Drivers of Employment Results Act or the LADDER Act This bill establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Workforce Attachment to: facilitate the coordination of federal programs and activities to promote workforce attachment among populations of individuals who face a challenge in consistently maintaining full-time employment, collect evidence of effective strategies to promote workforce attachment among such populations at every level of government and within the private sector, fund demonstration projects to ensure the evaluation of the effectiveness of strategies to promote workforce attachment among such populations; and encourage the implementation of effective strategies. The council shall: (1) review all federal programs and activities designed to promote workforce attachment among such populations, (2) recommend federal and state agency action to increase coordination and reduce duplication among such programs and activities, and (3) ensure that these authorities are implemented in a manner that includes a review of recommendations related to Medicaid Buy-In programs. The council shall develop a National Strategic Plan to Promote Workforce Attachment. The council shall award grants to eligible entities to conduct demonstration projects designed to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies to promote workforce attachment among such populations. | 2023-01-11T13:33:15Z | |
| 114-hr-5701 | 114 | hr | 5701 | Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-08 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] | CA | D | R000599 | 0 | Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and federal civil service law to entitle to leave an eligible employee, including a federal employee, to care for an adult child, grandparent, or grandchild (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if that person has a serious health condition. | 2023-01-11T13:33:26Z | |
| 114-hr-5669 | 114 | hr | 5669 | Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-07 | 2016-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] | WV | R | J000297 | 0 | Creating Opportunities for America's Laid-off (COAL) Miners Act of 2016 This bill allows certain states in which the coal mining and related industries have been adversely impacted by regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the Department of the Interior to enter into and participate in a specified agreement with the Department of Labor. These states shall include: Alabama; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; Wyoming; and any other state that has traditionally relied on coal mining for a substantial portion of its economy, and has experienced a significant reduction in coal mining-related activity over five years. The agreement shall require that the state's agency make payments of coal mining emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) to individuals, other than illegal aliens, who: have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the state or federal law for a benefit year (excluding any benefit year that ended before enactment of this bill); have no rights to regular compensation for a week under such law or any other state unemployment compensation law or to compensation under any other federal law; are not receiving compensation for such week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada; and are able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work. A state which enters such an agreement must deliver specified reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities to each coal mining EUC recipient while the individual continues to receive such EUC. The bill requires that, subject to specified conditions, 100% of the coal mining EUC paid to individuals by the state be reimbursed to each such state that enters into the agreement. Funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be used for making payments to these states. This bill prescribes penalties for an individual who commits fraud resulting in overpayment of coal mining EUC. No compensation under … | 2023-01-11T13:33:27Z | |
| 114-s-3151 | 114 | s | 3151 | CAREER Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-07 | 2016-07-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] | PA | R | T000461 | 0 | Cutting Administrative Red-tape for Education and Employment Reinvestment Act or the CAREER Act This bill addresses educational and employment training programs for certain individuals including: training for adults, training for disadvantaged youth, vocational rehabilitation and referral services for individuals with disabilities, training for Native Americans, and training to reintegrate criminal offenders. The Department of Labor must assist in the development of a nationwide system of public labor exchange services that are provided through state and local workforce investment boards. Labor must provide funding to the boards to assist with training adults and disadvantaged youths, including providing services to promote literacy, attain education, and assist with job search and placement.Additionally, Labor must provide funding to states to carry out vocational rehabilitation and referral services for individuals with disabilities so that those individuals may prepare for and engage in employment. The bill also provides training for Native Americans to develop skills, be competitive in the workforce, and promote economic and social development. The bill amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to make youth offenders eligible to receive grants from Labor for certain transitional services, including being reintegrated into society and obtaining and retaining employment. The bill replaces several provisions related to educational and employment programs for adults, youths, disabled individuals, and Native Americans. | 2023-01-11T13:33:16Z | |
| 114-hr-5635 | 114 | hr | 5635 | LEARNS Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-06 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] | WI | D | P000607 | 29 | Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the LEARNS Act This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to: determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered, manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs. The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions. Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners, which may include joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs. | 2023-01-11T13:33:29Z | |
| 114-hr-5641 | 114 | hr | 5641 | Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-07-06 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] | CA | D | D000598 | 0 | Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap.The "equity gap" consists of the gaps in participation and performance between students based on gender, race, and certain special populations. The bill requires states to provide professional development and technical assistance to help local educational agencies close equity gaps in career and technical education.States and local agencies that fail to make improvements in closing equity gaps must implement an improvement plan.The Department of Education (ED)may withhold funding from states that fail to show improvement in closing equity gaps.Additionally, states may withhold funding from local agencies that fail to make improvements. States must also annually report toED on the progress of the state in closing equity gaps. | 2023-01-11T13:33:28Z | |
| 114-hr-5587 | 114 | hr | 5587 | Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-28 | 2016-09-14 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] | PA | R | T000467 | 29 | Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, divides career and technical education (CTE) students into CTE concentrators and CTE participants, and revises requirements for within-state funding allocations. The bill also revises requirements for core indicators of performance, including state adjusted levels of performance, to differentiate those for CTE concentrators who graduate from high school and for CTE concentrators at the postsecondary level. The bill repeals the separate mandate for tech prep education. No state, beginning with FY2020, shall receive a fiscal year allotment that is less than 90% of the previous fiscal year's allotment. The bill increases funding reserved for career and technical education activities in rural areas and areas with high percentages or numbers of career and technical education students. The Institute for Education Sciences shall act for the Department of Education (ED) to appoint the independent advisory panel on the evaluation of CTE programs. The bill revises requirements for the contents of an evaluation. ED shall (currently, may) carry out research, development, capacity building, and technical assistance with regard to career and technical education programs. ED may award grants to eligible entities, including local educational agencies and area CTE schools, to: create, develop, implement, or take to scale evidence-based, field initiated innovations, including through a pay for success initiative to improve CTE student outcomes; and evaluate such innovations rigorously. Grant priority shall be given to eligible entities that predominantly serve low-income students. The bill revises specified funding-related provisions regarding Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau. The bill reauthorizes through FY2022 grants for tribally controlled CTE institutions and repeals the authorizatio… | 2023-01-11T13:32:43Z | |
| 114-hr-5574 | 114 | hr | 5574 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-24 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] | VA | D | S000185 | 1 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act This bill 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 unlawful employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims). The bill: (1) 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; and (2) 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). The bill: (1) authorizes a court, in 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; and (2) prohibits a court in such an instance from awarding damages or issuing an order requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, promotion, or payment. The bill 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. | 2023-01-11T13:32:43Z | |
| 114-hr-5580 | 114 | hr | 5580 | Save America's Pastime Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-24 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] | KY | R | G000558 | 0 | Save America's Pastime Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from minimum wage and maximum hours requirements any employee who has contracted to pay baseball at the minor league level. The bill shall not be construed to require application of maximum hours requirements to any employee who has contracted to play baseball at the major league level. No employer shall be subject to liability or punishment on account of any violations of minimum wage, maximum hours, or specified recordkeeping requirements regarding any work performed before, on, or after enactment of this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:32:43Z | |
| 114-hr-5585 | 114 | hr | 5585 | Driver Fatigue Prevention Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-24 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] | CA | D | S001175 | 6 | Driver Fatigue Prevention Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to apply its maximum hours requirements to over-the-road bus drivers. | 2023-01-11T13:32:43Z | |
| 114-s-3093 | 114 | s | 3093 | Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-23 | 2016-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] | HI | D | H001042 | 0 | Equity in Career and Technical Education Act of 2016 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state and local educational agencies to conduct an annual equity gap assessment for career and technical education programs of study and create plans on how to reduce the gap.The "equity gap" consists of the gaps in participation and performance between students based on gender, race, and certain special populations. The bill requires states to provide professional development and technical assistance to help local educational agencies close equity gaps in career and technical education.States and local agencies that fail to make improvements in closing equity gaps must implement an improvement plan.The Department of Education (ED)may withhold funding from states that fail to show improvement in closing equity gaps.Additionally, states may withhold funding from local agencies that fail to make improvements. States must also annually report toED on the progress of the state in closing equity gaps. | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | |
| 114-s-3078 | 114 | s | 3078 | Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-21 | 2016-06-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] | MA | D | W000817 | 1 | Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to create an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF) to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate the plan. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to set forth additional reporting and notification requirements for retirement plans. Treasury and the SSA must take precautions to: (1) safeguard the privacy and security of participants' plan information, and (2) permit plan participants to opt out of inclusion in the RSLF. The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the IRC to revise provisions that permit mandatory distributions of the balances of small retirement accounts using a rollover into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill modifies the investment options available for the distributions and increases the maximum account balance that may be subject to such a distribution. A plan must transfer unclaimed mandatory distributions that are $1,000 or less to the RSLF or to an IRA established by the Department of the Treasury. The RSLF must invest funds received in Treasury securities and distribute the balance upon receiving an application from a plan participant or beneficiary. | 2023-01-11T13:32:38Z | |
| 114-hr-5535 | 114 | hr | 5535 | Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-20 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] | FL | D | W000808 | 0 | Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act This bill entitles an employee covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to take up to 8 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 48 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend school conferences or activities sponsored by a school or community organization and related to a program attended by the employee's child or grandchild. An employee may elect, or an employer may require, substitution of any of the employee's paid or family leave or paid medical or sick leave for any leave allowed under this bill. Nothing in this bill shall require an employer to grant paid sick leave or paid medical leave in situations where the employer would not normally grant it. The bill imposes on the employee requesting leave certain notification requirements. An employer may require certification supporting such requests. The bill also applies the parental involvement and family wellness leave allowance to federal employees. | 2023-01-11T13:32:45Z | |
| 114-hjres-95 | 114 | hjres | 95 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees. | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-16 | 2016-06-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] | NC | R | F000450 | 34 | This joint resolution declares that: Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professionals, outside sales, and computer employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and such rule shall have no force or effect. | 2023-01-11T13:32:51Z | |
| 114-hr-5496 | 114 | hr | 5496 | Family and Medical Leave Act Protections for Part-time Workers Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-16 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 8 | Family and Medical Leave Act Protections for Part-time Workers Act of 2016 This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to make an employee eligible for coverage if that employee has been employed for at least 12 months by a covered employer from whom the leave is requested. The bill repeals the current requirement that the employee have served at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period before the leave request. | 2023-01-11T13:32:46Z | |
| 114-hr-5508 | 114 | hr | 5508 | JOBS Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-16 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] | CA | D | A000371 | 0 | Job Opportunity and Business Services Act or the JOBS Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require the reports to the Department of Labor each state, local board, and any other recipient of funds under the Act is required to make to include information regarding programs and activities carried out under the Act pertaining to the advertising budget, and a description of the advertising, for which the funds received were used. The bill also exempts from the prohibition against using funds received under the Act for lobbying purposes, and from specified other restrictions, the use of such funds for public relations and advertising costs for program outreach or activities otherwise related to carrying out the Act's purposes. | 2023-01-11T13:32:46Z | |
| 114-hr-5518 | 114 | hr | 5518 | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-16 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | M000087 | 8 | Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to cover employees at worksites that employ fewer than 50 employees, but not fewer than 15 employees. The bill continues to exempt from FMLA coverage employees at worksites that employ fewer than 15 employees (currently 50), if the total number of employees employed by that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is fewer than 15 (currently 50). An employee covered by FMLA may take up to 4 hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to: (1) participate in or attend activities that are sponsored by a school or community organization, and (2) relate to a program of the school or organization that is attended by the employee's child or grandchild. Such parental involvement leave may be used to meet routine family medical care needs, including: (1) such employee's medical and dental appointments, or their spouse, child, or grandchild; and (2) the care needs of their related elderly individuals, including visits to nursing homes and group homes. An employee may elect, or an employer may require, substitution of any of the employee's paid or family leave or paid medical or sick leave for any leave allowed under this bill. Nothing in this bill shall require an employer to grant paid sick leave or paid medical leave in situations where the employer would not normally grant it. The bill imposes on the employee requesting leave certain notification requirements. An employer may require certification supporting such requests. The bill applies the parental involvement and family wellness leave allowance to federal employees. | 2023-01-11T13:32:45Z | |
| 114-hr-5519 | 114 | hr | 5519 | Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-16 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | M000087 | 8 | Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or any other person related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship, if that person has a serious health condition. This bill applies the same leave allowance to federal employees. | 2023-01-11T13:32:45Z | |
| 114-hres-784 | 114 | hres | 784 | Expressing support for the designation of Journeymen Linemen Recognition Day. | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-14 | 2016-06-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] | CA | D | S001156 | 25 | Supports the designation of Journeymen Linemen Recognition Day. | 2023-01-11T13:32:41Z | |
| 114-hr-5450 | 114 | hr | 5450 | American Savings Account Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-10 | 2016-06-10 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | CA | D | H001068 | 1 | American Savings Account Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a new retirement option for all employees and self-employed individuals to be known as the American Savings Account Fund. This fund operates in a manner similar to the Thrift Savings Fund, which is available to federal employees. The bill establishes an American Savings Account Board of Directors to establish policies for fund investment and management. The board shall select or establish a list of investment funds and options similar to those in the Thrift Savings Fund, among which participants may choose. The board shall establish an American Savings Account Fund Advisory Council to advise the board on matters relating to investment policies. The American Savings Account Fund is tax-exempt and contributions to, or distributions from, it are excludible from gross income. | 2023-01-11T13:32:48Z | |
| 114-sjres-35 | 114 | sjres | 35 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act". | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-09 | 2016-06-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] | AZ | R | F000444 | 25 | This joint resolution disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act." The joint resolution declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. (Under section 203 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, an employer must report any agreement or arrangement with a third party consultant to persuade employees as to their collective bargaining rights or to obtain certain information concerning the activities of employees or a labor organization in connection with a labor dispute involving the employer. The consultant, also, is required to report concerning such an agreement or arrangement with an employer. Statutory exceptions to these reporting requirements are set forth in LMRDA section 203[c], which provides, in part, that employers and consultants are not required to file a report by reason of the consultant's giving or agreeing to give "advice" to the employer.) | 2023-01-11T13:32:36Z | |
| 114-hr-5408 | 114 | hr | 5408 | Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-08 | 2016-06-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 6 | Layoff Prevention Extension Act of 2016 This bill amends the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 with respect to state short-time compensation programs that allow employers to reduce the workweek of their employees in lieu of layoffs. The bill: (1) extends federal financing of the programs for an additional two years; and (2) extends through December 31, 2016, the deadline for a state to submit to the Department of Labor its application for a short-time compensation program grant. | 2023-01-11T13:32:49Z | |
| 114-sjres-34 | 114 | sjres | 34 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees. | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-07 | 2016-06-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 44 | This joint resolution declares that: Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professionals, outside sales, and computer employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and such rule shall have no force or effect. | 2023-01-11T13:32:36Z | |
| 114-hr-5380 | 114 | hr | 5380 | REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-06-03 | 2016-06-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 0 | Revamping the Education of our Veterans to Align Manufacturing through Partnerships with Community Colleges Act of 2016 or REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) analyze the demand for additional trained employees in their locality and the skills possessed by veterans who receive federal educational assistance and seek local employment; (2) carry out an existing, or implement a new, certificate or degree program that provides those veterans with training that addresses local demand for trained employees; and (3) facilitate the establishment of an advisory board to provide guidance to the training program and assist trained veterans in their pursuit of local employment. The advisory board shall be composed of local business representatives and an employee from the Department of Veterans Affairs. | 2023-01-11T13:32:50Z | |
| 114-s-2945 | 114 | s | 2945 | Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-05-18 | 2016-05-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 5 | Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the EARNS Act This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to: determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered, manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs. The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions. Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners, which may include joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs. | 2023-01-11T13:32:54Z | |
| 114-hr-5237 | 114 | hr | 5237 | Workplace Advancement Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-05-13 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] | KS | R | J000290 | 3 | Workplace Advancement Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discharging or retaliating against any employee because such employee has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed comparative compensation information for the purpose of determining whether the employer is compensating an employee in a manner that provides equal pay for equal work. The prohibition does not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the wage information of other employees as a part of the employee's job functions discloses such wages to an individual who has no access to them, except in response to a charge or complaint or in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action with respect to prohibited sex discrimination, including an investigation conducted by the employer. | 2023-01-11T13:33:02Z | |
| 114-hr-5213 | 114 | hr | 5213 | FARM Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-05-12 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S001172 | 20 | Fertilizer Access and Responsible Management Act or the FARM Act This bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to withdraw its revised enforcement policy published on July 22, 2015, concerning the exemption of retail facilities from coverage of the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals standard. (The standard contains requirements for managing hazards associated with processes using highly hazardous chemicals.) OSHA may publish a proposed rule relating to that exception only if: (1) it arranges for an independent third party to conduct a cost analysis of the proposed rule, and (2) the U.S. Census Bureau establishes a code for farm supply retailers under the North American Industry Classification System in a sector relating to retail trade. OSHA, when promulgating a rule relating to the exemption of retail facilities from coverage of the standards, must provide an opportunity for the public to submit comments as specified by the bill and invite meaningful public input in the rulemaking. | 2023-01-11T13:33:03Z | |
| 114-hr-5165 | 114 | hr | 5165 | Medical Leave for Disabled Veterans Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-05-03 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] | MD | D | D000620 | 37 | Medical Leave for Disabled Veterans Act This bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to provide eligibility for specified medical/hospital care for an employee who: (1) has a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability rating of between 30% and 50% and at least 833 hours of service with the employer (from whom leave is requested) during the previous eight-month period, or (2) has a VA disability rating of 60% or higher and at least 625 hours of service with such employer during the previous 6-month period. Medical/hospital leave shall also be provided to an employee who is not covered by the above provision but who retired from the Armed Forces by reason of a service-connected disability: (1) rated at between 30% and 50% at retirement and who has at least 833 hours of service with such employer during the previous eight-month period, or (2) rated at 60% or higher at retirement and who has at least 625 hours of service with such employer during the previous 6-month period. (Under current law, employees of an FMLA-covered employer become eligible for medical leave after 12 months on the job and at least 1,250 hours of service with such employer during the previous 12-month period.) A employee must submit a certification to the employer from the VA or the Department of Defense, as appropriate, to be eligible for such adjustment. | 2023-01-11T13:33:05Z | |
| 114-hr-5152 | 114 | hr | 5152 | Career and Technical Education Equity Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-29 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] | NV | R | H001055 | 1 | Career and Technical Education Equity Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise hold harmless requirements for the allotment of career and technical education assistance grants to states. A state is prohibited from receiving an allotment for a fiscal year that is less than 90% of the allotment the state received for the preceding fiscal year. (Currently, no state may receive an allotment less than the one it received for FY1998.) | 2023-01-11T13:31:30Z | |
| 114-hr-5155 | 114 | hr | 5155 | Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-29 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] | WV | R | J000297 | 4 | Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2016 This bill establishes within the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration a Dislocated Miners Assistance Program. The program shall contract with comprehensive career centers to: identify miners who have been dislocated from their employment in mining jobs across the United States; assess the skills, training, and education such miners need to find and hold new jobs; identify job training programs that would provide such training and education; and provide grants to eligible job training providers to recruit and train such miners and assist them in finding new employment. A comprehensive career center or job training provider eligible to receive a grant under this bill shall be a nonprofit organization with demonstrated success in coordinating or providing necessary training and education to enable dislocated miners to acquire marketable skills to find and hold jobs in areas where they live. | 2023-01-11T13:31:30Z | |
| 114-hr-5096 | 114 | hr | 5096 | TECH Careers Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-28 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. | House | Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] | CT | D | E000293 | 3 | Technical Education Creates High-Paying Careers Act of 2016 or the TECH Careers Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to direct the Department of Education (ED), in coordination with the Department of Labor, to develop and implement an American Technical Training Grant Program awarding competitive three-year grants of up to $5 million per fiscal year to eligible entities for supporting the establishment, redesign, or expansion of job training programs that enable economically disadvantaged students to enter into and advance along career pathways that lead to jobs in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations. The entities eligible for such grants must be institutions of higher education offering career and technical education programs that can be completed in two years or less (or a consortium of such institutions), but only if they enter a partnership agreement with: a local workforce development board; an employer with a workforce need in a high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand industry; an industry organization or other intermediary representing the industry sector or occupation for which the job training program provides training; and an institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree and also has an articulation agreement with the eligible entity. | 2023-01-11T13:31:32Z | |
| 114-s-2881 | 114 | s | 2881 | Voluntary Protection Program Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] | WY | R | E000285 | 1 | Voluntary Protection Program Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) voluntary protection program, under which management, labor, and OSHA establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | |
| 114-s-2894 | 114 | s | 2894 | Pension Fund Integrity Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-28 | 2016-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 5 | Pension Fund Integrity Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require salary reductions for certain employees of systemically important multiemployer pension plans that are in critical or declining status and that reduce participant benefits. When a benefit suspension is in effect, any compensation paid to employees of a plan that exceeds the amounts specified in this bill is a prohibited transaction that is subject to a tax to be paid by the plan sponsor. If a plan is in endangered, critical, or critical and declining status, payments for lobbying and political expenses for any person other than an employee of the plan are prohibited transactions and subject to a tax to be paid by the plan sponsor. | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | |
| 114-hr-5062 | 114 | hr | 5062 | 21st Century American Service Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-26 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] | IL | D | D000622 | 2 | 21st Century American Service Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any AmeriCorps educational awards provided under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. The bill establishes within the Corporation for National and Community Service the 21st Century National Service Program Implementing Taskforce, which shall develop a 21st Century National Service Program to notify 18-year olds of opportunities to serve in a voluntary national service program. The Taskforce shall develop a 10-year strategic implementation plan for the 21st Century National Service Program and publish it on the Corporation website. The Corporation shall establish, with a certain number of participating states, a national service college compact pilot program under which eligible individuals may use an educational award to attend a public institution of higher education for a two- or four-year program of instruction, or a career or technical education program, at no additional charge. An eligible individual shall be one who completes successfully or agrees to complete: two required terms of full-time national service in an approved national service position for purposes of eligibility for two educational awards; and at least one calendar year of employment with a federal, state, or local government entity or a nonprofit organization. The Corporation and a state participating in the national service compact shall jointly select the individual eligible to receive an educational award for attending a public institution of higher education in the state. | 2023-01-11T13:31:34Z | |
| 114-hr-5022 | 114 | hr | 5022 | HIRED Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-21 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] | NE | D | A000373 | 10 | Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act or the HIRED Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include assistance to dislocated workers through increased outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business among the rapid response activities to assist such workers in obtaining reemployment which a state, or state-designated entity, provides in the event of a permanent closure or mass layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise, or a natural or other disaster, resulting in mass job dislocation. A state may in such an event allocate up to 10% of funds reserved by the state governor for statewide rapid response activities to provide outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business. | 2023-01-11T13:31:35Z | |
| 114-hr-5000 | 114 | hr | 5000 | Employee Free Choice Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-20 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 0 | Employee Free Choice Act of 2016 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify, without an election, an individual or labor organization to be the exclusive representative of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining if a majority of the employees has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in a properly filed petition as their bargaining representative, and no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit. The Board shall develop guidelines and procedures for the designation by employees of a bargaining representative. Whenever collective bargaining is for the purpose of establishing an initial agreement involving a newly organized or certified employee representative, the requirements for bargaining collectively shall be modified. The parties shall meet to bargain collectively within 10 days after the employer receives a written request. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) shall use its best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to bring the parties to agreement if 90 days lapse without settlement of a dispute. If such efforts fail for 30 days, the FMCS shall refer the dispute to an arbitration panel, whose decision shall bind the parties for two years, unless the parties consent to a different time period. The preliminary investigation of charges involving employer discrimination or unfair labor practices while employees of that employer were seeking representation by a labor organization shall be made forthwith and given priority over all other cases except cases of like character in the office where the charge is filed or to which it is referred. The Board shall award an employee back pay and, in addition, twice that amount as liquidated damages if it finds that the employer has discriminated against the employee either during the period while the employer's employees were see… | 2023-01-11T13:31:36Z | |
| 114-sres-433 | 114 | sres | 433 | A resolution recognizing linemen, the profession of linemen, and the contributions of these brave men and women who protect public safety, and expressing support for the designation of April 18, 2016, as "National Lineman Appreciation Day". | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-20 | 2016-04-20 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2350) | Senate | Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] | NC | R | T000476 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the efforts of linemen in keeping the electrical power on and protecting public safety. Expresses support for the designation of National Lineman Appreciation Day. | 2021-12-17T13:49:27Z | |
| 114-hjres-88 | 114 | hjres | 88 | Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "Fiduciary". | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-19 | 2016-06-22 | Motion to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House. | House | Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] | TN | R | R000582 | 30 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) This joint resolution disapproves and nullifies a Department of Labor rule published on April 8, 2016, relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. (The rule defines who is a fiduciary with respect to pension and retirement plans. Under current law, a person who provides investment advice has a fiduciary obligation that requires the person to provide advice in the sole interest of plan participants and beneficiaries. The rule changes the definition of "investment advice" to treat people who provide investment advice to pension and retirement plans for a fee or other compensation as fiduciaries in a wider array of advice relationships.) | 2023-01-11T13:31:41Z | |
| 114-sjres-33 | 114 | sjres | 33 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-18 | 2016-04-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 41 | This joint resolution disapproves and nullifies a Department of Labor rule published on April 8, 2016, relating to the definition of the term "fiduciary" and the conflict of interest rule with respect to retirement investment advice. (The rule defines who is a fiduciary with respect to pension and retirement plans. Under current law, a person who provides investment advice has a fiduciary obligation that requires the person to provide advice in the sole interest of plan participants and beneficiaries. The rule changes the definition of "investment advice" to treat people who provide investment advice to pension and retirement plans for a fee or other compensation as fiduciaries in a wider array of advice relationships.) | 2023-01-11T13:33:06Z | |
| 114-hjres-87 | 114 | hjres | 87 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act". | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-15 | 2016-09-12 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 575. | House | Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] | AL | R | B001289 | 51 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) This joint resolution disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act." The joint resolution declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. (Under section 203 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, an employer must report any agreement or arrangement with a third party consultant to persuade employees as to their collective bargaining rights or to obtain certain information concerning the activities of employees or a labor organization in connection with a labor dispute involving the employer. The consultant, also, is required to report concerning such an agreement or arrangement with an employer. Statutory exceptions to these reporting requirements are set forth in LMRDA section 203[c], which provides, in part, that employers and consultants are not required to file a report by reason of the consultant's giving or agreeing to give "advice" to the employer.) | 2023-01-11T13:31:41Z | |
| 114-hr-4955 | 114 | hr | 4955 | Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-15 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000586 | 21 | Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude the receipts and disbursements of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from the federal budget. (The PBGC is a federal agency that insures the benefits of private sector, defined benefit pension plans. The PBGC receives no federal funds and is financed by insurance premiums paid by sponsors of the plans, investment income, assets from pension plans taken over by the PBGC, and recoveries from the companies formerly responsible for the plans.) | 2023-01-11T13:31:37Z | |
| 114-hres-685 | 114 | hres | 685 | Recognizing Linemen, the profession of Linemen, and the contributions of these brave men and women to protect public safety, and expressing support of designation of April 18, 2016, as National Lineman Appreciation Day. | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-15 | 2016-04-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] | GA | R | P000591 | 0 | Recognizes the efforts of linemen in keeping the electrical power on and protecting public safety. Expresses support for the designation of National Lineman Appreciation Day. | 2023-01-11T13:31:29Z | |
| 114-hres-674 | 114 | hres | 674 | Recognizing linemen, the profession of linemen, the contributions of these brave men and women who protect public safety, and expressing support for the designation of April 18, 2016, as National Lineman Appreciation Day. | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-12 | 2016-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] | SC | R | M001182 | 23 | Recognizes the efforts of linemen in keeping the electrical power on and protecting public safety. Expresses support for the designation of National Lineman Appreciation Day. | 2023-01-11T13:31:30Z | |
| 114-s-2773 | 114 | s | 2773 | GAP Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-11 | 2016-04-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] | NH | R | A000368 | 6 | Gender Advancement in Pay Act or the GAP Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand exceptions to the prohibition against sex discrimination to include payments pursuant to a differential based on expertise, shift, or a business-related factor other than sex, including but not limited to education, training, or experience. The statute of limitations under the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 for a charge of prohibited sex discrimination, or an action by or on behalf of an employee for such discrimination, shall be tolled until the earlier of: (1) the date on which the Equal Employment Commission or the Department of Justice brings an action or notifies the employee concerned with respect to the charge under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or (2) 270 days after the charge is filed. Nonretaliation prohibitions are extended to cover inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of an employee or of another employee, or declining to discuss or disclose the employee's wages, with specified exceptions. An employer shall be considered to have committed an unlawful act if the employer requires an employee to sign a contract or waiver that would prohibit the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages. Civil penalties are established for violation of prohibitions against sex discrimination. The Department of Labor, together with the Department of Education, shall conduct a multistate study, through a grant to a nonprofit research institution, that includes strategies to increase the participation of women in high-wage, high-demand occupations and industries in which women are underrepresented. The Government Accountability Office shall also conduct a multistate study to develop such strategies. | 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z | |
| 114-s-2741 | 114 | s | 2741 | Keep Estimated Extra Payments Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-04-04 | 2016-04-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] | OH | D | B000944 | 1 | Keep Estimated Extra Payments Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to permit the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the Department of Labor to elect not to recoup overpayments of benefits to participants in multiemployer and single employer pension plans. (The PBGC is a federal government agency created by ERISA to protect the pensions of participants and beneficiaries covered by private-sector, defined benefit pension plans.) | 2023-01-11T13:31:27Z | |
| 114-hr-4773 | 114 | hr | 4773 | Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-03-17 | 2016-03-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] | MI | R | W000798 | 202 | Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act This bill declares that the proposed or the final rule of the Department of Labor entitled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees" shall cease to have any force or effect. The rule revises the "white collar" exemption of executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees from minimum wage and maximum hour, or overtime, requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). If the proposed rule is a final rule on the date of enactment of this bill: Labor shall not enforce it based on conduct occurring before that enactment date, an employee shall not have any right of action against an employer for the employer's failure to comply with the final rule at any time before that enactment date, any regulations that were amended by the final rule shall be restored and revived as if the final rule had never taken effect, and nothing in this bill shall be construed to create a right of action for an employer against an employee for the recoupment of any payments made to the employee before the enactment of this bill that were in compliance with that final rule. Labor may promulgate any substantially similar rule only if it has completed certain required actions; but the rule shall not contain any automatic updates to the salary threshold for purposes of exemptions to minimum wage and maximum hour requirements under the FLSA. The requirement that definitions applicable for such exemptions be defined and delimited from time to time by Labor regulations shall be construed to: require Labor to issue a new rule through notice and comment rulemaking for each change in any salary threshold it has proposed; and exclude any rule that would result in changes to any salary threshold for multiple time periods, including through any automatic updating procedure. Labor may not promulgate any final rule that includes any revision to duties tests for exemp… | 2023-01-11T13:31:52Z | |
| 114-s-2707 | 114 | s | 2707 | Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-03-17 | 2016-05-11 | Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-676. | Senate | Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] | SC | R | S001184 | 45 | Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act This bill declares that the proposed or the final rule of the Department of Labor entitled "Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees" shall cease to have any force or effect. The rule revises the "white collar" exemption of executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees from minimum wage and maximum hour, or overtime, requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). If the proposed rule is a final rule on the date of enactment of this bill: Labor shall not enforce it based on conduct occurring before that enactment date, an employee shall not have any right of action against an employer for the employer's failure to comply with the final rule at any time before that enactment date, any regulations that were amended by the final rule shall be restored and revived as if the final rule had never taken effect, and nothing in this bill shall be construed to create a right of action for an employer against an employee for the recoupment of any payments made to the employee before the enactment of this bill that were in compliance with that final rule. Labor may promulgate any substantially similar rule only if it has completed certain required actions; but the rule shall not contain any automatic updates to the salary threshold for purposes of exemptions to minimum wage and maximum hour requirements under the FLSA. The requirement that definitions applicable for such exemptions be defined and delimited from time to time by Labor regulations shall be construed to: require Labor to issue a new rule through notice and comment rulemaking for each change in any salary threshold it has proposed; and exclude any rule that would result in changes to any salary threshold for multiple time periods, including through any automatic updating procedure. Labor may not promulgate any final rule that includes any revision to duties tests for exemp… | 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z | |
| 114-hr-4763 | 114 | hr | 4763 | Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-03-16 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 37 | Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers engaged in commerce, or in the production of goods for commerce, to make certain disclosures to employees about their employment, including a paystub corresponding to work the employee performed during the applicable pay period, and make final payments to a terminating employee for uncompensated hours the employee has worked. An employer shall compensate an employee at the rate specified in an employment contract or other employment agreement, including a collective bargaining agreement, that specifies a rate of pay higher than the minimum wage rate. The bill revises penalty requirements to: increase to double the amount of unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation the damages an employer must pay for violating minimum wage or maximum hour rules, plus interest; increase to treble damages the penalty for retaliatory discrimination against or discharge of a whistleblowing employee; repeal the requirement that an employee consent in writing to become a party plaintiff in an action to recover damages from an employer for all such violations; prohibit waiver of the right to bring an action, including a collective action, by an employee as a condition of employment or in a pre-dispute arbitration agreement; and direct the Department of Labor to refer any case involving a covered offender to the Department of Justice for prosecution. In the event that an employee requests an inspection of his or her records for accuracy of wage payments, the employer shall give the employee a copy of the records covering a period of up to five years prior to the request. The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is amended to: increase the statute of limitations for causes of action under that Act, the Walsh-Healy Act, or the Bacon-Davis Act with respect to unpaid wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or damages; and deem the statute of limitations tolled for such an action between notification of an employer that an inve… | 2023-01-11T13:31:53Z | |
| 114-s-2693 | 114 | s | 2693 | EEOC Reform Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-03-16 | 2016-03-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 3 | EEOC Reform ActThis bill prohibits the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from implementing the proposed revision of the private sector employer information report EEO-1 published on February 1, 2016, until: the EEOC collects annually from federal agencies the same employment data as a private sector employer with 100 or more employees would be required to collect under the revised report; the EEOC develops software for processing and creates a comprehensive plan for using such information, including examples of how the EEOC will use the information in its enforcement efforts, protect the information from theft or public dissemination, and share the data with other agencies; the Office of Management and Budget approves the EEOC's data collection procedures and comprehensive plan under a review process that provides for public notice and comments to evaluate the need for, and the burden of, the collection; and the EEOC reduces its inventory of pending charges to not more than 3,660. The EEOC must publish annual calculations of the cost of such data collection activities, including the number of employees and employee hours required to: (1) collect, verify, and protect the confidentiality of such data; and (2) be transferred away from duties that would reduce the number of pending charges of discrimination before the EEOC. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to require the EEOC to approve or disapprove by majority vote a decision on whether the EEOC shall commence or intervene in litigation involving: (1) multiple plaintiffs, or (2) an allegation of systemic discrimination or a pattern or practice of discrimination. An EEOC member shall have the power to require the EEOC to approve or disapprove by majority vote a decision on whether the EEOC commences or intervenes in any litigation. The EEOC must publish on its website information regarding each case brought in court by the EEOC after a judgment is made with respect to any cause of action. Such information must include: (1) instances in whic… | 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z | |
| 114-s-2697 | 114 | s | 2697 | Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-03-16 | 2016-03-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 14 | Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers engaged in commerce, or in the production of goods for commerce, to make certain disclosures to employees about their employment, including a paystub corresponding to work the employee performed during the applicable pay period, and make final payments to a terminating employee for uncompensated hours the employee has worked. An employer shall compensate an employee at the rate specified in an employment contract or other employment agreement, including a collective bargaining agreement, that specifies a rate of pay higher than the minimum wage rate. The bill revises penalty requirements to: increase to double the amount of unpaid wages or unpaid overtime compensation the damages an employer must pay for violating minimum wage or maximum hour rules, plus interest; increase to treble damages the penalty for retaliatory discrimination against or discharge of a whistleblowing employee; repeal the requirement that an employee consent in writing to become a party plaintiff in an action to recover damages from an employer for all such violations; prohibit waiver of the right to bring an action, including a collective action, by an employee as a condition of employment or in a pre-dispute arbitration agreement; and direct the Department of Labor to refer any case involving a covered offender to the Department of Justice for prosecution. In the event that an employee requests an inspection of his or her records for accuracy of wage payments, the employer shall give the employee a copy of the records covering a period of up to five years prior to the request. The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 is amended to: increase the statute of limitations for causes of action under that Act, the Walsh-Healy Act, or the Bacon-Davis Act with respect to unpaid wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or damages; and deem the statute of limitations tolled for such an action between notification of an employer that an inve… | 2023-01-11T13:31:44Z | |
| 114-s-2686 | 114 | s | 2686 | Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-03-15 | 2016-06-16 | Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 46 | Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow two or more employers to be considered joint employers for purposes of the Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate. | 2021-12-17T16:21:44Z | |
| 114-s-2630 | 114 | s | 2630 | Pay Stub Disclosure Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-03-03 | 2016-03-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] | MN | D | F000457 | 4 | Pay Stub Disclosure Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require each employer to provide an initial disclosure to each employee who is not subject to exemption from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements within 15 days after: (1) the employee is hired, or (2) specified information in the initial disclosure changes. The information specified in that initial disclosure shall include: the pay rate and form of compensation; the name of the employer and any other name used by the employer to conduct business; and the physical address and telephone number of the employer's main office or principal place of business, and a mailing address if different from the first one. The bill specifies additional disclosures that must be in each pay stub, including the pay period covered, the employee's name, the total hours worked by the employee, benefits, allowances, and reimbursements. The bill also prescribes the form of the pay stub as well as employer notice requirements. An employer shall keep records of the information disclosed in an employee's pay stub for three years from each stub's issuance. In the event that an employee who is not subject to minimum wage and maximum hourexemptions requests an inspection of his or her records, the employer shall provide copies of them for up to three years before the request. The bill prescribes civil penalties for employer failure to comply with this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:31:46Z | |
| 114-hr-4637 | 114 | hr | 4637 | Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-26 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 5 | Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize the government of Puerto Rico to enact law nullifying the application of the federal minimum wage in effect as it pertains to Puerto Rico. | 2023-01-11T13:32:04Z | |
| 114-hr-4583 | 114 | hr | 4583 | To promote a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce. | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-23 | 2016-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 3 | (Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE), in awarding grants, to prioritize education and training for energy and manufacturing jobs, including by encouraging state and local education agencies to equip students for those jobs and strengthening DOE programs and labs carrying out workforce development initiatives. DOE must prioritize educating and training workers from underrepresented groups such as minorities, women, and veterans. DOE may encourage, but not incentivize or require, any state or school district to adopt a curriculum to equip students with the skills and training necessary to fill employment opportunities in the energy and manufacturing industries. In addition, DOE is directed to: establish a clearinghouse for information and guidance on job training and other workforce development programs for energy and manufacturing jobs; and work with the energy and manufacturing industries, educational institutions, and other government agencies to identify areas of workforce need and develop guidelines to implement the best practices for effective job training programs. The bill requires DOE to consider increasing outreach to institutions that serve minority populations. The Minorities in Energy Initiative provides for DOE to: make existing resources available to minority serving institutions with the objective of increasing the number of minorities and women trained to work in the energy and manufacturing industries; encourage the energy and manufacturing industries to improve the amount of internships and cooperative work study programs available for minority students; and increase underrepresented groups' participation in internships, fellowships, and employment at DOE laboratories. DOE must give special consideration to dislocated energy and manufacturing workers by: increasing outreach to employers and job trainers who train unemployed energy and manufacturing workers for re-entry into the job market, making existing resources available to institutions that provide job training to … | 2023-01-11T13:32:06Z | |
| 114-hr-4560 | 114 | hr | 4560 | Return to Work Awareness Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-12 | 2016-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] | OH | D | B001281 | 24 | Return to Work Awareness Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Labor, acting through the Job Accommodation Network, to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers in order to: (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors add to the workplace, and (3) enhance self-employment and entrepreneurship options for survivors. | 2023-01-11T13:32:07Z | |
| 114-hr-4572 | 114 | hr | 4572 | Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-12 | 2016-02-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | N000127 | 0 | Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for training to adversely affected workers, to authorize a state to use certain funds distributed by the Department of Labor to reimburse the costs of providing training to an adversely affected worker before the worker is approved for training under the Act if those costs have been paid by: the state from state funds, the state or local workforce development areas within the state from funds available for workforce investment activities and providers under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or another entity eligible in the state under the national dislocated worker grants program from funds available for that program. The use of funds under this Act shall be conditioned, however, on the worker's coverage by a certification for TAA eligibility for training meeting approval requirements which commenced after the date on which the total or partial separations of the group of workers covered by the certification for eligibility began or threatened to begin. | 2023-01-11T13:32:07Z | |
| 114-s-2556 | 114 | s | 2556 | Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-11 | 2016-02-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 2 | Workforce Training Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for training to adversely affected workers, to authorize a state to use certain funds distributed by the Department of Labor to reimburse the costs of providing training to an adversely affected worker before the worker is approved for training under the Act if those costs have been paid by: the state from state funds, the state or local workforce development areas within the state from funds available for workforce investment activities and providers under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or another entity eligible in the state under the national dislocated worker grants program from funds available for that program. The use of funds under this Act shall be conditioned, however, on the worker's coverage by a certification for TAA eligibility for training meeting approval requirements which commenced after the date on which the total or partial separations of the group of workers covered by the certification for eligibility began or threatened to begin. | 2023-01-11T13:32:00Z | |
| 114-hr-4508 | 114 | hr | 4508 | Fair Wage Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-09 | 2016-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. | House | Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | N000188 | 3 | Fair Wage Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: $8.00 an hour 30 days after this Act's enactment date or January 1, 2017, whichever date is earlier; $9.00 an hour, one year after the date the $8.00 an hour wage takes effect; $10.00 an hour, after two years; $11.00 an hour, after three years; $12.00 an hour, after four years; $13.00 an hour, after five years; $14.00 an hour, after six years; $15.00 an hour, after seven years; and the amount determined by the Department of Labor (based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) eight years after such date and annually thereafter. The bill directs Labor, 60 days before any increase in the minimum wage, to publish it in the Federal Register and on Labor's website. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer who pays at least $1 more per hour than the federal minimum wage, but not more than $15 per hour, a credit against the employment tax equal to 6.2% of wages paid by such employer during the calendar year. | 2023-01-11T13:32:09Z | |
| 114-sres-367 | 114 | sres | 367 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month. | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-09 | 2016-02-09 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S757; text as passed Senate: CR S741) | Senate | Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] | VA | D | K000384 | 20 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates February 2016 as Career and Technical Education Month. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of such month. Recognizes the importance of career and technical education in preparing a well-educated and skilled workforce. Encourages educators, counselors, and administrators to promote career and technical education as an option to students. | 2018-06-02T06:19:13Z | |
| 114-s-2502 | 114 | s | 2502 | Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-04 | 2016-02-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 16 | Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to define "investment advice," as it relates to fiduciary duties under such Act, as a recommendation that relates to: (1) the advisability of acquiring, holding, disposing, or exchanging any moneys or other property of a pension plan (or Individual Retirement Account) by the plan, plan participants, or plan beneficiaries, including any recommendation regarding whether to take a distribution of benefits from the plan or any recommendation relating to a rollover or distribution from such plan; (2) the management of moneys or other property of the plan, including recommendations relating to the management of plan assets to be rolled over or otherwise distributed from the plan; or (3) the advisability of retaining or ceasing to retain a person who would receive a fee or other compensation for providing investment advice. Investment advice must be rendered pursuant to either: (1) a written acknowledgment of the obligation of the investment advisor to act in accordance with fiduciary standards under ERISA; or (2) a mutual agreement, arrangement, or understanding that may include limitations on scope, timing, and responsibility to provide ongoing monitoring or advice services. The bill allows an exemption from ERISA prohibited transactions rules for investment advice: (1) for which no more than reasonable compensation is paid; or (2) that is based on a limited range of investment options or may result in variable income to the investment advisor if a clearly-stated notice is provided to the advice recipient that the same or similar investments may be available at a greater or lesser cost from other sources. The bill prohibits the Department of Labor from amending any rules or administrative positions regarding investment advice promulgated under ERISA and no such rules or administrative positions promulgated prior to the enactment date of this Act, but not effective on January 1, 2015, may … | 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z | |
| 114-s-2505 | 114 | s | 2505 | SAVERS Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-02-04 | 2016-02-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] | IL | R | K000360 | 16 | Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act of 2016 or the SAVERS Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the tax on prohibited transactions: (1) the provision of investment advice by a fiduciary to a pension plan, plan participant, or beneficiary which is a best interest recommendation; and (2) any transaction, including a contract for service, between an investment provider and the advice recipient if no more than reasonable compensation is paid for such investment advice and certain disclosures are made with respect to the cost of such advice. For purposes of this bill, "investment advice" is a recommendation that relates to: (1) the advisability of acquiring, holding, disposing, or exchanging any moneys or other property of a pension plan (or Individual Retirement Account) by the plan, plan participants, or plan beneficiaries, including any recommendation regarding whether to take a distribution of benefits from the plan or any recommendation relating to a rollover or distribution from such plan; (2) the management of moneys or other property of the plan, including recommendations relating to the management of plan assets to be rolled over or otherwise distributed from the plan; or (3) the advisability of retaining or ceasing to retain a person who would receive a fee or other compensation for providing investment advice. Investment advice must be rendered pursuant to either: (1) a written acknowledgment that the person is a fiduciary with respect to the provision of the recommendation; or (2) a mutual agreement, arrangement, or understanding that may include limitations on scope, timing, and responsibility to provide ongoing monitoring or advice services. The bill defines "best interest recommendation" as a recommendation: (1) for which no more than reasonable compensation is paid; (2) that is provided by a person acting with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the prevailing circumstances that a prudent person would exe… | 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z | |
| 114-s-2472 | 114 | s | 2472 | American Savings Account Act of 2016 | Labor and Employment | 2016-01-28 | 2016-01-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 0 | American Savings Account Act of 2016 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a new retirement option for all employees and self-employed individuals to be known as the American Savings Account Fund. This fund operates in a manner similar to the Thrift Savings Fund, which is available to federal employees. The bill establishes an American Savings Account Board of Directors to establish policies for fund investment and management. The Board shall select or establish a list of investment funds and options similar to those in the Thrift Savings Fund, among which participants may choose. The Board shall establish an American Savings Account Fund Advisory Council to advise the Board on matters relating to investment policies. The American Savings Account Fund is tax-exempt and contributions to, or distributions from, it are excludible from gross income. | 2023-01-11T13:32:14Z |
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