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The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act is a $78 billion package that would expand the Child Tax Credit (a tax benefit that provides money to parents), restore business tax breaks, increase federal funding for states to encourage the development of low-income housing, deepen economic ties between the United States and Taiwan and end a pandemic-era employer tax benefit.
The Nineteenth Century Civil Rights Acts, amended in 1993, ensure all persons equal rights under the law and outline the damages available to complainants in actions brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. [19] [20]
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; Long title: To eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA, Pub. L. 103–353, codified as amended at 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301–4335) was passed by U.S. Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton on October 13, 1994 to protect the civilian employment of active and reserve military personnel in the United States called to active duty.
The 1991 Act was intended to strengthen the protections afforded by 2 different civil rights acts: the Civil Rights Act of 1866, better known by the number assigned to it in the codification of federal laws as Section 1981, and the employment-related provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, generally referred to as Title VII. The two ...
On June 25, 2014, the Senate changed the name of the bill to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, amended the bill, and then voted in Roll Call Vote 214 to pass the bill 95-3. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Before the bill's passage in the Senate, the House and the Senate spent several months debating compromise positions to find a bill they could agree ...
Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1978, Pub. L. 95–256; Age Discrimination in Employment Act Amendments of 1986, Pub. L. 99–592; Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, Pub. L. 101–433; Civil Rights Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102–166; United States Supreme Court cases
The Employee Free Choice Act would have amended the National Labor Relations Act in three significant ways. That is: section 2 would have eliminated the need for an additional ballot to require an employer recognize a union, if a majority of workers have already signed cards expressing their wish to have a union