HRES 506
114th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Child care and development
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Legislative rules and procedure
Preschool education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights
Worker safety and health
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of considering legislation that would reinforce the goals of the working families agenda.
Introduced: October 29, 2015
Introduced by:
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Democratic
· Virginia
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Became law
Nov 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Oct 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Oct 29, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 29, 2015
Introduced in House
Oct 28, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7321-7322)
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a working families agenda is established to:
- raise the minimum wage, strengthen workers' right to organize, and protect workers from misclassification;
- provide workers with paid sick days, paid family leave, flexible and stable schedules, access to high-quality early learning opportunities, and affordable child care; and
- strengthen the law guaranteeing equal pay for equal work, ensure specified rights for pregnant workers, and ensure workers have explicit protections from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Declares the sense of the House furthermore that hearings and votes should be held on specified House bills, including H.R. 2150, the Raise the Wage Act, and H.R. 1439, the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (FAMILY Act).
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.