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HR 6268 111th Congress House Labor and Employment Employment discrimination and employee rights Government trust funds Labor standards Labor-management relations Performance measurement Public-private cooperation Wages and earnings

Wage Theft Prevention and Community Partnership Act

Introduced: September 29, 2010 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Sep 29, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 29, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wage Theft Prevention and Community Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award one- to three-year renewable grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible partners to prevent wage and hour violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, or any related regulations, or violations of any other law enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor by: (1) informing workers of their rights and the remedies available to them; and (2) expanding and improving cooperative efforts between agencies charged with enforcing wage and hour requirements and employers and their employees.

Makes eligible for such grants such partners as: (1) not-for-profit community organizations dedicated to combating poverty and preventing abuse of wage and hour laws; (2) labor organizations; and (3) Joint Labor Management Cooperative Committees established under the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Wage Theft Prevention Fund to fund such grants.

Prohibits the award of such a grant to: (1) any entity that infringes upon the organizational and collective bargaining rights guaranteed by the National Labor Relations Act; or (2) the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any of its subsidiaries.

What's happening now November 18, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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