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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.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2019 H.R. 1112: May 14, 2019 Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 241 Passed in the House (329–73). [11] 117th Congress: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2021 H.R. 1065: February 15, 2021 Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 228 Passed in the House (315–101). [12] S.1486: April 29, 2021 Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) 40 Referred to the committees of ...
Executive Order 14005, officially titled Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers, is an executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on January 25, 2021, which ensures that the federal government invests taxpayer dollars in American-owned businesses. [1]
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]
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
Worker advocacy groups have also sought to limit work hours, making a working week of 40 hours or less standard in many countries. A 35-hour workweek was established in France in 2000, although this standard has been considerably weakened since then. Workers may agree with employers to work for longer, but the extra hours are payable overtime.
The Employee Rights Act (S.1774), or ERA, is a bill re-introduced to the 115th Congress in the United States Senate on September 7, 2017, by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch [R-UT] and 14 co-sponsors. [1] The bill was referred to the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions . [ 2 ]
The 1966 Fair Labor Standards Act amendment also gave federal employees coverage for the first time. [35] A 2021 study on the effects of the 1966 extension, which raised the minimum wage in several economic sectors, found that the minimum wages increases led to a sharp increase in earnings without any adverse aggregate effects on employment.