S 2168
112th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Labor-management relations
RESPECT Act
Introduced: March 7, 2012
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 7, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Re-empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers Act or RESPECT Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise the definition of "supervisor" in the following ways: (1) require the individual to have authority over employees for a majority of the individual's worktime, and (2) remove authority to assign other employees and to responsibly direct employees as conditions for being considered a supervisor.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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