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HR 3463 104th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Apprenticeship Commerce Damages Debarment of government contractors Dismissal of employees Government contractors Labor and Employment Law Layoffs Manpower training programs Minimum wages Nonprofit organizations Poverty Small business Social Welfare Subcontractors Tax-exempt organizations Taxation Wage restitution

Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act

Introduced: May 15, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Jun 7, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
May 21, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
May 15, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 15, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Living Wage Responsibility Act - Requires any employer under a Federal contract or subcontract of $10,000 or more to pay each employee working on or hired in conjunction with such contract or subcontract the greater of: (1) $7.50 an hour; or (2) an hourly wage necessary for such employee to earn, while working 40 hours a week on a full-time basis, the amount of the Federal poverty level for a family of four.

Exempts employers that are: (1) small business concerns; or (2) nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, if the ratio of the total compensation of the chief executive officer to that of the full-time equivalent of their lowest-paid employee is not greater than 25 to 1.

Makes ineligible for such required living wage level any employee participating in: (1) an apprenticeship program; or (2) any other training program, which is not longer than six months and is offered to an employee while employed in productive work, that provides training, technical and other related skills, and personal skills essential to full and adequate job performance. Prohibits employers from avoiding paying the required living wage by laying off or otherwise terminating an employee with the intention of replacing that employee with one not eligible for such wage because of participation in an apprenticeship or training program.

Requires all Federal contracts and subcontracts to require such living wage payment. Requires Federal contract and subcontract suspension and a five-year ineligibility period for employers who violate such requirement, as well as making them liable for unpaid wages and an equal amount of liquidated damages. Directs the Secretary of Labor to pay the employees who were not paid such living wage the amount recovered from such employers.

What's happening now June 7, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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