Search Results: keywords:"employment agreements"

  • S. 1149 — To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to further enhance anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,596

    S. 1149 seeks to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to improve protections for individuals who report misconduct, known as whistleblowers. The bill expands the definition of a whistleblower and strengthens anti-retaliation measures by ensuring they can safely report...

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    S. 1149 is a plan to help protect people who tell the truth about bad things happening at their job. It makes sure they won't get in trouble for speaking up and wants any rewards they get for this to be given quickly.

  • S. 533 — To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:724

    S. 533, also known as the "National Right-to-Work Act," seeks to amend existing labor laws to ensure that individual employees' choices to join or refrain from joining labor organizations are protected. This bill removes certain clauses from the National Labor Relations Act...

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    S. 533 is a proposal to let workers choose if they want to join a union or not, without having to pay for it if they don't want to. It changes some rules so that people aren't forced to be part of a union to have a job.

  • S. 4552 — To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:26,870

    S. 4552 aims to enhance the rights of domestic employees in the United States by introducing the "Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act." This bill seeks to provide various protections, including overtime pay, written employment agreements, and earned sick leave for domestic...

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    The bill wants to make sure house workers, like nannies and cleaners, are treated fairly and get things like extra pay for extra work and breaks if they’re sick. It also plans to set up a helpline and some rules to help them and their bosses understand these new rights.

  • H. R. 8732 — To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:27,409

    The H. R. 8732 bill, known as the "Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act," aims to improve the rights and protections of domestic workers in the United States. It extends legal protections, overtime pay, and sick leave to these workers and sets guidelines for written employment...

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    The "Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act" is a plan to make sure people who help at home, like babysitters and cleaners, get fair pay, time off when they're sick, and clear work rules, while also making sure employers don't break these rules by having penalties if they do.

  • H. R. 107 — To require Executive agencies to reinstate telework policies that were in place on December 31, 2019, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:374

    H. R. 107 aims to have Executive agencies in the United States revert to the telework policies they had in place on December 31, 2019. The bill requires that these prior telework policies be reinstated within 60 days of the bill's enactment. Once reinstated, these policies...

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    H. R. 107 is like a rule saying that certain government workers should work from home the same way they did at the end of 2019, and this rule should happen within about two months after it becomes official. It also says this new work-from-home rule will be more important than any different work rules that people might have already.