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S 2412 113th Congress Senate

WORK Act

Official title: A bill to establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 2, 2014 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Corporate finance and managementDepartment of LaborEmployee benefits and pensionsExecutive agency funding and structureLabor-management relations
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 2, 2014
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 Latest action June 2, 2014

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, to establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking.

Requires the Secretary to establish a program, which may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on progress related to employee ownership and participation in U.S. businesses.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2412: WORK Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2412/
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