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  • H.R. 8911, titled the "Worker Rights and Support Act," seeks to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. It aims to ensure that employers allow their employees to take breaks for meals, rest, restroom use, and medical needs. For every six hours of work, employees are...

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    The bill wants to make sure workers can take breaks during work to eat, rest, go to the bathroom, or take care of medical needs, while also making sure these rules don't change any better deals they might already have.

  • H.R. 4278, known as the "Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act of 2023," amends Title 38 of the United States Code to change how employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are disciplined or removed for misconduct or poor performance. The bill sets new rules and...

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    The bill is about changing the rules for how people who work at the Department of Veterans Affairs can be disciplined or let go if they do something wrong, and it also tries to protect those who tell the truth about bad things happening at work. It says these new rules will go over any existing worker agreements and asks for studies to make the department run better.

  • The bill S. 4003, known as the “Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act,” was introduced in the Senate to require employers to provide paid annual leave to their employees. Under this bill, employees would earn at least one hour of paid leave for every 25 hours worked, with a maximum of...

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    The bill wants to make sure that people who work get a little bit of paid vacation time that they can use each year, and the more they work, the more time they get. If they leave their job, they might get paid for the vacation days they didn't use.

  • H.R. 7080, titled the “Earn Your Keep Act,” aims to bring back the telework policies that Executive agencies had in place before the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill requires the head of each Executive agency to reinstate these previous telework policies within 30 days of the bill being enacted....

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    The bill wants to bring back the same work-from-home rules for government workers that were used before COVID. If workers don't follow these rules, they could lose their jobs, and someone will check to see if people working from home are being paid the right amount based on where they are working.

  • The "Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2024" aims to enhance the rights and protections of employees and retirees during business bankruptcies. The bill proposes increasing the priority of employees' unpaid wages and benefits, addressing unfair executive...

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    The bill is like a special rulebook that helps protect workers and retirees when a company runs out of money. It makes sure people get paid what they are owed, takes care of their benefits, and ensures bosses do not get too much extra pay when the business is broke.