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Contingent Work Force Equity Act of 1996

Introduced: June 13, 1996 Introduced by: Velázquez, Nydia M. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 28, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 28, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 24, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations.
Jun 13, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Reform and Oversight, and House 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.
Jun 13, 1996
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Contingent Workforce Equity Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require that contingent (part-time or temporary) workers receive the same wages as full-time workers for the same work (with exceptions for differential payments pursuant to seniority, merit, or production quantity-or-quality systems or based on factors other than employment status).

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require employers to protect all workers (not only their own employees) from hazards within the employers' control.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to study whether the health and safety of part-time or temporary employees are being adequately monitored and, if not, to determine how such monitoring can be made adequate.

Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act to lower the threshold for employee coverage to 125 hours of service with an employer during the previous three-month period.

Directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to carry out an annual survey identifying the characteristics of temporary workers and their relationships with the establishments at which they are temporarily employed and, where appropriate, with their permanent employers.

Amends the National Labor Relations Act to include in collective bargaining units part-time or temporary workers with reasonable expectations of continued employment.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for: (1) treatment of employees working at less than full-time (500 or more hours but less than 1,000 hours service per year) under participation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans; (2) treatment of part-time workers (less than 30 hours service per week) under group health plans; and (3) inclusion of certain individuals whose services are leased or contracted for under the definition of employee.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require States to provide unemployment compensation to part-time workers unavailable for full-time work.

What's happening now June 28, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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