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WORK Act

Introduced: December 18, 2009 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Dec 18, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 18, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Worker Ownership, Readiness and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor an Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking.

Requires the Office Director, with federal grants and acting as an information clearinghouse, to: (1) support existing programs in the states designed to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) promote the formation of new such programs.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program, administered by the Director, which is designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States.

What's happening now December 18, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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