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Fairness in the Workplace Commission Act

Introduced: November 9, 1997 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 105th Congress ended
It never became law before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Dec 10, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Nov 9, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 9, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness in the Workplace Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on Fairness in the Workplace, which shall examine and report to the Congress on: (1) the growing corporate practice of providing wages and benefit levels for part-time and temporary employees which are lower than the wage and benefit levels provided to full-time employees who perform essentially identical work; (2) how the use of part-time and temporary employees has affected wage and benefit levels, employee job insecurity, and employee productivity; (3) the reasons that workers' wages have not kept pace with corporate profits and economic growth; (4) the reasons for the widening median wage gap between working men and working women; and (5) the reasons for the consistent discrepancy in the average wage of minority populations in comparison to the average wage of white Americans. Requires the Commission to develop policy options for the Congress to address the problems identified in the examination.

What's happening now December 10, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2997: Fairness in the Workplace Commission Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2997/
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"H.R. 2997: Fairness in the Workplace Commission Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2997/.
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