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The act allows states to take over the administration of OSHA in their jurisdictions, so long as they adopt state laws at least as protective of workers' rights as under federal law. More than half of the states have done so. Child labor laws in the United States
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]
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 ...
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; Long title: An act to further promote equal employment opportunities for American workers: Enacted by: the 92nd United States Congress: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 92–261: Statutes at Large: 86 Stat. 103: Codification; U.S.C. sections amended
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also known as the PRO Act, [1] [2] follows a series of past legislation passed by Congress concerning labor rights. A number of landmark bills were passed during the New Deal period, including the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt considered one of the most important Acts of Congress at the time.
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 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) was an act passed by the government of the United States on October 21, 1998 (while Bill Clinton was President of the United States), pertaining to high-skilled immigration to the United States, particularly immigration through the H-1B visa, and helping improving the capabilities of the domestic workforce in the United States ...