Subject Labor and employment | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | SB84 | Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. Revises th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-23 |
| US | SB168 | Fair Pay Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 |
| US | SB180 | NLRB Freeze Act of 2013 - Declares that determinations made by National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) members constituting a quorum shall be void until a final judgment is entered in all cases pending before a federal court challenging the constitutio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 |
| US | SB188 | Advice and Consent Restoration Act - Prohibits a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member from receiving a salary unless that member has been appointed: (1) by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or (2) by the President to fill a vacan... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 |
| US | SB204 | National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 11. |
| US | SB273 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) from the the meaning of a fiduciary subject to ERISA. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 |
| US | HB645 | Equal Employment for All Act - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a current or prospective employer from using a consumer report or an investigative consumer report, or from causing one to be procured, for either employment purposes or ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| US | SB453 | American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Achievement Works Act or AMERICA Works Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds fo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | SB460 | Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.20 an hour on the first day of the third month after the enactment of this Act; (2) $9.15 an hour after o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| US | HR105 | Recognizes the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Labor. Congratulates and commends all those who served as employees of the Department to improve the lives of working people. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| US | SB487 | Driver Fatigue Prevention Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to apply its maximum hours requirements to over-the-road bus drivers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| US | HB803 | Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act or SKILLS Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 |
| US | HB1277 | Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2013 - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation) of the Social Security Act to require state laws to deny unemployment compensation to applicants unless they undergo drug testing and test ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SB631 | Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SB665 | Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jur... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB655 | Urban Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to national or regional private nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out Urban Jobs Programs to provide jo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | HB1436 | Job Opportunities Between our Shores Act or JOBS Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to make grants to or enter into contracts with eligible entities to carry out demonstration and pilot projects that pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1962-1963) |
| US | HB1530 | Opportunity Kindling New Options for Career and Knowledge Seekers Act or Opportunity KNOCKS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to deem approved by the Secretary of Labor any state laws that provide unemploymen... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1120 | Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act - Requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease all activity that requires a quorum of Board members. Prohibits the Board from appointing any personnel nor implementing, a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-15 |
| US | HB1656 | Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system. Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | SB773 | Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required pre... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB1649 | Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB1648 | Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jur... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-18 |
| US | HB919 | Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2013 or SECTORS Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award renewable three-year competitive industry or sector partnership... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB650 | Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services Act or WAGES Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees of at least: (1) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days after the enactment of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB946 | National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB230 | Johnson Space Center Workforce Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a two-year job training program (including a one-stop career center) to assist the transition to new jobs of workers and employees of contractors in the Johnson Spa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB632 | Voluntary Protection Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into cooperative agreements with employers to: (1) encourage establishment of comprehensive safety and health management systems to protect employees from occupational hazards... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1340 | Urban Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to national or regional private nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out Urban Jobs Programs to provide jo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB675 | Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the large employer health insurance coverage mandate to part-time employees (as well as full-time employees, currently covered). Amends the Family and Medical Le... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB798 | Workforce Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB546 | Promoting Partnerships to Transform Opportunities Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to make competitive grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, nonprofit organizations in par... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB557 | Advice and Consent Restoration Act - Prohibits a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member from receiving a salary unless that member has been appointed: (1) by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or (2) by the President to fill a vacan... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB170 | Directs the Secretary of Labor to revise certain regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 so as to require site-controlling employers to keep a site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all employees o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB515 | Parental Bereavement Act of 2013 or Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter. A... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB566 | Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to declare that a qualified preretirement survivor annuity with respect to a participant under a multiemployer plan which becomes insolvent or is terminated shall not be treated as fo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1229 | Security and Financial Empowerment Act - Authorizes appropriations for grants for the national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence for FY2014-FY2018. Establishes limits on the use of funds for admi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB509 | Transition toward Excellence, Achievement, and Mobility through Employment Act of 2013 or TEAM-Employment Act of 2013 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to extend from 18 to 48 months the length of time a designated state unit may provide suppor... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB951 | Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs or Women WIN Jobs - Requires the Secretary of Labor, in any fiscal year in which the total authorization of appropriations to carry out this Act exceeds $50 million, to allocate grants to states ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB497 | America Works Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds for programs that provide training, which may include priority consideration for training programs th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB438 | Fair Pay Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB175 | Employee Paycheck Protection Act - Requires a labor organization, before imposing, collecting, or increasing member or other covered employee dues or fees, to provide all employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with written notice expl... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB188 | 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Cor... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB795 | Protecting American Jobs Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to repeal the authority of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to issue, and prosecute before the Board, complaints with respect to unfair labor pract... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB976 | Declares that any agency action taken by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) since January 4, 2012, shall be void unless each NLRB member has been appointed: (1) by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or (2) by the President to fill ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1387 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain perishable agricultural commodities (fresh fruits and vegetables, including cherries in brine, whether or not frozen or packed in ice) from the prohibition against the transporting or sell... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB169 | Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require mediation and, if necessary, binding arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB954 | Workforce Infrastructure for Skilled Employees Investment Act or WISE Investment Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to local boards, community colleges, postsecondary voca... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1001 | Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from maximum hours requirements any employee who: (1) adjusts or evaluates claims resulting from or relating to a major disaster for at least $591 per week (or any minimum weekly amount establishe... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1254 | Auto Enroll Repeal Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to repeal provisions requiring employers that have more than 200 full-time employees and that offer employees enrollment in one or more health plans to automatically enroll new full... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
