Employment Practices

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Paycheck Fairness Act617H.R. 1338 (110th) DeLauro
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007424H.R. 2831 (110th) Miller
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 200792H.R. 2015 (110th) Frank
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 200724H.R. 1431 (110th) McCarthy
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 200771H.R. 3685 (110th) Frank
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Fair Pay Act of 200731H.R. 2019 (110th) Norton
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 200730S. 2 (110th) Reid
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.
A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act10H.R. 1050 (110th) Lee
To establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes.
Telework Enhancement Act of 200710S. 1000 (110th) Stevens
A bill to enhance the Federal Telework Program.
Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 200720H.R. 1763 (110th) Miller
To provide for labor recruiter accountability, and for other purposes.
Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 200720H.R. 1985 (110th) Cummings
To foster the development of minority-owned small businesses.
Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act10H.R. 2395 (110th) Roybal-Allard
To promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
Green Jobs Act of 200740H.R. 2847 (110th) Solis
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program.
Working Americans Growing the Economy (WAGE) Act of 2007H.R. 239 (110th) Wilson
To increase the Federal minimum wage and to provide an alternative minimum wage as an incentive to an employer to provide health care and child care benefits.
To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.H.R. 19 (110th) Calvert
To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
Minimum Wage for All Americans ActH.R. 509 (110th) Kirk
To apply the Federal Minimum Wage to American Samoa.
Minimum Wage Act of 2007S. 347 (110th) Voinovich
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.
To amend the USEC Privatization Act to provide an extension of the period during which individuals may bring a suit for certain H.R. 1393 (110th) Whitfield
To amend the USEC Privatization Act to provide an extension of the period during which individuals may bring a suit for certain violations of employee protection provisions under such Act.
Merchant Mariner Credentials Improvement Act of 2007H.R. 1605 (110th) LaTourette
To amend title 46, United States Code, to repeal requirements that applicants for merchant seamen licenses and certificates and merchant mariner's documents must take oaths, and for other purposes.
Workplace Representation Integrity ActH.R. 1822 (110th) McKeon
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require attestation and proof of citizenship or lawful residency from employees seeking labor representation by way of a process other than through a secret ballot election.
Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island Federal Worker Fairness Act of 2007H.R. 2375 (110th) Frank
To provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Rural America Job Assistance and Creation ActH.R. 2442 (110th) McHugh
To provide job creation and assistance, and for other purposes.
Federal Protective Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2007H.R. 3068 (110th) Norton
To prohibit the award of contracts to provide guard services under the contract security guard program of the Federal Protective Service to a business concern that is owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a felony.

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