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HR 3200 101th Congress House Labor and Employment Administrative procedure Age and employment Age discrimination Civil actions and liability Civil procedure Claims Collective bargaining agreements Discrimination in employment Early retirement Employee benefit plans Employment agencies Evidence (Law) Labor unions Local officials and employees Mandatory retirement Older workers Pension funds Retirement Seniority in employment

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act

Introduced: August 4, 1989 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 1990
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
Aug 3, 1990
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 101-664.
Apr 4, 1990
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Apr 4, 1990
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 28, 1990
Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities Discharged.
Mar 28, 1990
Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations Discharged.
Mar 28, 1990
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jan 26, 1990
Executive Comment Received from Justice.
Aug 24, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
Aug 24, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Aug 4, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 4, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) to specify that it prohibits discrimination against older workers in all employee benefits except when age-based reductions in employee benefit plans are justified by significant cost considerations.

Declares that, as used in ADEA, the phrase "compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment" encompasses all employee benefits, including those provided under a bona fide employee benefit plan.

Requires that the actual amount of payment made or cost incurred on behalf of an older worker be no less than that made or incurred on behalf of a younger worker, for each benefit or benefit package, in order for an employee benefit plan not to violate ADEA.

Places on the employer, employment agency, or labor organization the burden of proving, in any civil enforcement proceeding brought under ADEA, that specified actions are lawful.

Requires a seniority system or employee benefit plan to comply with ADEA regardless of the date of adoption of such system or plan.

Applies this Act to all actions or proceedings under ADEA that were brought after June 23, 1989, or that were pending on such date (which is the date on which the Supreme Court issued the decision in Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts).

What's happening now August 3, 1990

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1511 Identical bill Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
  • HR 1432 Procedurally related Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act of 1989
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 14, 1990
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 7, 1990
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 7, 1990
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 7, 1990
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Nov 21, 1989
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Nov 20, 1989
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 20, 1989
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