3.0.0 2909 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z 2023-01-11T13:16:49Z Senate S S 2009-12-18 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-19T00:03:40Z 2009-12-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-12-18 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-12-18 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-12-18 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2010-02-04 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2010-07-20 False Labor and Employment Corporate finance and management Department of Labor Employee benefits and pensions Executive agency funding and structure Labor-management relations Labor and Employment 00 2009-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-16T15:35:45Z Worker Ownership, Readiness and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the Department of Labor an Office of Employee Ownership and Participation to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking.

Requires the Office Director, with federal grants and acting as an information clearinghouse, to: (1) support existing programs in the states designed to promote employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) promote the formation of new such programs.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program, administered by the Director, which is designed to foster employee ownership and employee participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States.

]]> Worker Ownership, Readiness and Knowledge Act Display Title Worker Ownership, Readiness and Knowledge Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide State programs to encourage employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking throughout the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Worker Ownership, Readiness and Knowledge Act Short Titles as Introduced WORK Act Introduced in Senate 2009-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2909is/xml/BILLS-111s2909is.xml 2009-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.