Open Congress : Workforce Protections - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.3744 Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act

2009-10-07T00:00:00Z

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a special rule for the period of admission of H-2A nonimmigrants employed as dairy workers and sheepherders, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3676 Improving Methods to Promote Regular Occurrences of the Verification of Employability Status Act of 2009

2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make permanent the E-Verify Program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3580 New IDEA (Illegal Deduction Elimination Act)

2009-09-16T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens may not be deducted from gross income, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3564 Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2009

2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3403 Supporting Military Families Act of 2009

2009-07-30T00:00:00Z

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to provide leave for family members of members of regular components of the Armed Forces, and leave to care for covered veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3308 Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009

2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3303 Wage Theft Prevention Act

2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

To amend the Port-to-Portal Act of 1947 to suspend the statute of limitations for certain rights of action under the Fair Labor Standards Act during investigations by the Secretary of Labor.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3309 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone the increase in the minimum wage for 1 year.

2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone the increase in the minimum wage for 1 year.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.510 Recognizing the need for safe patient handling and movement.

2009-06-04T00:00:00Z

Recognizing the need for safe patient handling and movement.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2679 Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2009

2009-06-03T00:00:00Z

To extend certain immigration programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2564 Paid Vacation Act of 2009

2009-05-21T00:00:00Z

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2515 Domestic Violence Leave Act

2009-05-20T00:00:00Z

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and to include domestic partners under the Act, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2460 Healthy Families Act

2009-05-18T00:00:00Z

To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009

2009-05-13T00:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2339 Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act

2009-05-07T00:00:00Z

To establish a program that supports the efforts of States to provide partial or full wage replacement to new parents, so that the new parents are able to spend time with a new infant or newly adopted child, and to other employees, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2269 Gulf Coast Civic Works Act

2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

To establish the Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission within the Department of Homeland Security Office of Federal Coordinator of Gulf Coast Rebuilding to administer the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project to provide job-training opportunities and increase employment to aid in the recovery of the Gulf Coast region.

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.116 Expressing the sense of Congress for the immediate withdrawal of the Department of Labor's notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to rescind the Form LM-2.

2009-04-30T00:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of Congress for the immediate withdrawal of the Department of Labor's notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to rescind the Form LM-2.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2161 Family and Medical Leave Restoration Act

2009-04-29T00:00:00Z

To nullify certain regulations promulgated under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and restore prior regulations and to direct the Secretary of Labor to revise certain additional regulations under that Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2132 Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent who has a serious health condition.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.375 Supporting the goals and ideals of Workers' Memorial Day in order to honor and remember the workers who have been killed or injured in the workplace.

2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

Supporting the goals and ideals of Workers' Memorial Day in order to honor and remember the workers who have been killed or injured in the workplace.