To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require paid rest breaks for certain construction employees, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires employers to provide construction employees with paid rest breaks and protects employees against related retaliatory actions. Specifically, the bill requires that construction employees receive at least one 15-minute paid rest break for every four hours of work. An employer may not take retaliatory personnel action or otherwise discriminate against a construction employee who (1) requests or takes paid rest breaks, or (2) files a related complaint with the Department of Labor. At the time of hiring an employee, an employer must provide notice of the right to paid rest breaks and protections against related retaliatory actions in the construction employee's primary language. Further, the employer must post this information at construction work sites in both English and Spanish.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 20, 2022
Last action Jul 20, 2022
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Jul 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Jul 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sylvia R. Garcia
DDemocratic
Co
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Al Green
DDemocratic
Co
Betty McCollum
DDemocratic
Co
Colin Z. Allred
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
DDemocratic
Co
Judy Chu
DDemocratic
Co
Katie Porter
DDemocratic
Co
Lloyd Doggett
DDemocratic
Co
Marc A. Veasey
DDemocratic
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