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HR 2311 113th Congress House Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor-management relations Legal fees and court costs

Worker Anti-Retaliation Act

Introduced: June 11, 2013 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) 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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Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jun 11, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 11, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Worker Anti-Retaliation Act - Prohibits an employer (or any of its agents) from discharging or in any other manner discriminating or taking or threatening adverse action against any employee that disseminates or assists in the dissemination of any message on the employer's property or elsewhere, including through images, picketing, work stoppages, or gathering in groups to protest conflicts with employers or to persuade them to change working conditions, if the employees do not have a representative for collective bargaining and their actions: (1) were peaceful and not taken during work time, except during a lawful work stoppage; and (2) did not destroy or damage the employer's property or block the employer's entrances or exits or otherwise impede the employer's operations or the work of other employees.

Applies this same employer prohibition regarding any employee who planned any of these actions or assisted, encouraged, or supported another employee in engaging in them.

Limits this prohibition to any employer whose annual gross revenue, when added to the annual gross revenue of its parent corporation and all of its affiliates, exceeds $5 million (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that are separately stated).

Prohibits such an employer from providing for an employee's defense, backpay, damages, or settlement if that employee is found to be in violation of the requirements of this Act.

What's happening now July 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2311: Worker Anti-Retaliation Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2311/
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"H.R. 2311: Worker Anti-Retaliation Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2311/.
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H.R. 2311, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2311/.
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