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S 1081 115th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Corporate finance and management Department of Labor Employee benefits and pensions Executive agency funding and structure Labor-management relations

WORK Act

Introduced: May 10, 2017 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 115th Congress ended
It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) 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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May 10, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 10, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to: (1) establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) establish a program that may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training to encourage new and existing state programs to foster employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking.

What's happening now May 10, 2017

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1081: WORK Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1081/
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"S. 1081: WORK Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1081/.
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S. 1081, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1081/.
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