S 3219
116th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Higher education
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Temporary and part-time employment
Respect Graduate Student Workers Act
Introduced: January 21, 2020
Introduced by:
Sanders, Bernard
Independent
· Vermont
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Respect Graduate Student Workers Act
This bill prohibits the National Labor Relations Board from promulgating or enforcing any rule that excludes student workers at private universities from the definition of employee under federal labor laws. (Under current law, students paid for services provided at universities in connection with such students' studies are considered employees.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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