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HR 3200 101th Congress House

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify the protections given to older individuals in regard to employee benefit plans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 21, 1989 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Administrative procedureAge and employmentAge discriminationCivil actions and liability
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Civil procedureClaimsCollective bargaining agreementsDiscrimination in employmentEarly retirementEmployee benefit plansEmployment agenciesEvidence (Law)Labor unionsLocal officials and employeesMandatory retirementOlder workersPension fundsRetirementSeniority in employmentState officials and employees
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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
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 4, 1990
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Mar 28, 1990
Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations Discharged.
Mar 28, 1990
Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities 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
Introduced in House
Aug 4, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 Latest action August 3, 1990

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.

 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).

 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 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 14, 1990
TAUZIN, W.
· Mar 14, 1990
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 7, 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
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Nov 20, 1989
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 20, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3200: Older Workers Benefit Protection Act. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3200/
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