3.0.0 1763 2023-01-11T19:49:58Z 2023-01-11T19:49:58Z House H HR 2007-03-29 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-27T19:48:07Z Referred to 2007-03-29T14:12:40Z 2007-06-27 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2007-03-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E710-711) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 N C001067 Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11] Yvette Clarke D NY D. 11 2007-06-05 False G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2008-04-29 False Labor and Employment Age discrimination Alien labor Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Commerce Contractors Crime and Law Enforcement Directories Disabled Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Employee benefit plans Employee rights Employee training Employers' liability Employment of the disabled Fees Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Housing and Community Development Immigration Industrial relations Injunctions Labor disputes Law Lockouts Minorities Minority employment Racial discrimination Recidivists Recruiting of employees Religion Religious liberty Sex discrimination Social Welfare Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Wages Whistle blowing Witnesses Women Workers' compensation Labor and Employment 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in House 2007-06-14T16:54:06Z Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2007 - Requires foreign labor contractors (recruiters) and employers to inform foreign workers accurately of specified terms and conditions of their employment at the time they are recruited. Requires such information to be provided in written form in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in the language of the worker being recruited.

Prohibits charging fees to workers for recruitment.

Requires employers to pay such a worker's transportation costs, including subsistence costs during the period of travel: (1) from the place of recruitment to the place of employment; and (2) from the place of employment to the worker's place of permanent residence.

Prohibits discrimination in employment by an employer or a recruiter against an individual because of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability.

Requires employers to notify the Secretary of Labor of the identity of: (1) any recruiter involved in any foreign labor contractor activity for or on behalf of the employer; and (2) any such recruiter whose activities do not comply with this Act. Subjects employers to the civil remedies of this Act for violations committed by such recruiters to the same extent as if the employers had committed the violations.

Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.

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