Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation

August 4, 2010

Passage by House of Telework Bill Next Step After Its Approval by House Committee and Senate

Telework Enhancement Act of 2010
S. 707, H.R. 1722, 5/24/2010

Passage by the House of Representatives is the next step for the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, a legislation that seeks to substantially increase the number of federal employees who telework or telecomute on a regular basis, after the Senate and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved this bill.

The bill passed the Senate on May 24, 2010 by unanimous voice vote.  Senators Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) and George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio) sponsored the bill in the Senate, while Congressmen Gerry Connolly, Frank Wolf, Jim Moran, and John Sarbanes were the House sponsors.

H.R. 1722 would require executive…

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Ontario Police Department

City of Ontario

Arch Wireless Operating Company, Inc.

B & D Contracting

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Agere Systems, Inc. f.k.a. Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Tulsa Winch, Inc.

Ramsey Winch, Inc.

Norris

DP Manufacturing, Inc.

Auto Crane Company

Service Employees International, Inc.

American Airlines, Inc. a.k.a. American Eagle

Zurich American Insurance Co.

Highgate LTC Management, LLC

Autozone, Inc.

Southwestern Bell Video Services, Inc.

Temco Service Industries, Inc.

SBC Telecom, Inc.

14 Penn Plaza LLC

SBC Services, Inc.

City of Philadelphia

Pacific Telesis Group

Northeastern Land Services, Ltd. d.b.a. NLS Group

Pacific Bell Telephone Co.

LA Weight Loss, Inc. n.k.a. Pure Weight Loss, Inc.

Pacific Bell Information Services

Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc.

Advanced Solutions, Inc.

The Work Connection

Cardone Industries, Inc.

Pitt-Ohio Express, Inc.

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

BVP, LLC d.b.a. Big Vanilla Pasadena

Lehigh Valley Physicians Business Services, Inc.

N.F.A.C., Inc. d.b.a. Big Vanilla Athletic Club

Lehigh Valley Health Services, Inc.

J.C. Penney Corp.

Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc.

American Insurance Co.

Murphy Ford Inc. d.b.a. Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

United Airlines, Inc.

City of Chicago

Equal Employment Opportunity

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.

New Process Steel L.P.

The Star Tribune Company