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S 2937 116th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor standards Worker safety and health

Treating Workers with Dignity Act of 2019

Introduced: November 21, 2019 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Nov 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Treating Workers with Dignity Act of 2019

This bill requires employers to compensate their employees for their meal, medical, and restroom breaks. Specifically, employers must compensate at prescribed rates employees who work a six-hour period for a 30-minute break to consume a meal. Additionally, employers must provide short-duration breaks to employees who have a documented medical condition and allow restroom breaks to their employees for every four-hour work period.

The requirements of this bill shall not supercede any provision in a collective bargaining agreement. The bill further provides legal or equitable relief for violations of its requirements.

What's happening now November 21, 2019

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

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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 21, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2937: Treating Workers with Dignity Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2937/
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"S. 2937: Treating Workers with Dignity Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2937/.
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S. 2937, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2937/.
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