Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition Act | H.R. 1988 |
6/17/2009
The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Pensions and Labor of the House Education and Labor Committee has approved legislation by a 13 to 8 vote to protect workers from conflicts of interest when receiving retirement investment advice at work. More...
Healthy Families Act of 2009 | H.R. 1260 |
5/18/2009
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has reintroduced in the House of Representatives the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1260), a bill that provides full-time employees with seven paid sick days a year to be used for their own medical needs or to tend to the medical needs of a child, spouse or parent. More...
Alert Laid off Employees in Reasonable Time (ALERT) Act | H.R. 2077 |
4/27/2009
U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) has announced new legislation to strengthen protections for laid-off workers.
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401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act | H.R. 1984 |
6/25/2009
The House Committee on Education and Labor has approved by a vote of 29 to 17 the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act (H.R. 2989), which would help workers shop around for the best retirement investment options by providing information on how much in fees is taken from their retirement accounts. More...
Truth in Employment Act of 2009 | S. 1227, H.R. 2808 |
6/10/2009
U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, has introduced the Truth In Employment Act of 2009. More...
Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009 | H.R. 1089 |
5/19/2009
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009, H.R. 1089, a legislation that authorizes the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (“OSC”) to enforce the re-employment rights of veterans or current members of the military working in the federal sector. More...
Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act | H. R. 626 |
6/4/2009
Legislation that would provide federal employees with four weeks of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 4, 2009 by a margin of 258-154. More...
Healthy Workforce Act | H.R. 1897, S. 803 |
4/2/2009
In an effort to make wellness and prevention a part of the national discussion on health care reform, U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) today reintroduced legislation which aims to fight the growing prevalence of chronic disease and improve the quality of life for the 135 million full-time and part-time workers in the United States. More...
Paid Vacation Act of 2009 | H.R. 2564 |
5/21/2009
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) has introduced a bill that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that employers with at least 100 workers provide a minimum of one week of paid vacation each year. More...
Excessive Pay Capped Deduction Act | S. 1007 |
5/7/2009
Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois has introduced a bill that would limit the normal tax deduction for compensation for executives to 100 times the compensation of the average worker at a publicly traded corporation. More...