S 537 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Healthy Workplaces Act

Summary
Healthy Workplaces Act This bill allows tax credits for employer expenses for protecting employees from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill allows a credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, workplace reconfiguration expenses, and education and training expenses paid by the employer during a calendar quarter. The bill also allows a 50% income tax credit for qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses incurred by an employer in 2020. The bill defines qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses to include amounts paid by an employer to evaluate, design, and reconfigure retail space and employee work areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The evaluation, design, and reconfiguration must be completed before January 1, 2022.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Mar 2021
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Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Mar 2, 2021
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Mar 2, 2021
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Mar 2, 2021
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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