3.0.0 1471 2023-01-11T13:22:30Z 2023-01-11T13:22:30Z Senate S S 2011-08-02 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-08-02T15:46:50Z Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 112 2501 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2011-08-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-08-02 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-08-02 True Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Congressional agencies Department of Labor Employment discrimination and employee rights Government Publishing Office (GPO) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Legal fees and court costs Library of Congress Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Unemployment Labor and Employment 00 2011-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-18T12:22:28Z Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 - Declares it an unlawful practice for certain employers with at least 15 employees for each working day in each of at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year to: (1) fail or refuse to consider for employment or to hire an individual as an employee based on present or past unemployment regardless of the length of time such individual was unemployed; (2) publish an advertisement or announcement for any job with provisions indicating that such an unemployed status disqualifies an individual and that an employer will not consider or hire an individual based on such status; and (3) direct or request that an employment agency account for such status when considering, screening, or referring applicants.

Prohibits an employment agency (including agents and persons maintaining a website publishing job advertisements or announcements), based on such an individual's status as unemployed, from: (1) failing or refusing to consider, screen, or refer an individual for employment; (2) limiting, segregating, or classifying individuals in any manner limiting access to job information; or (3) publishing an advertisement or announcement for any job vacancy that includes provisions indicating that such an individual is disqualified and that an employer will not consider or hire such individuals.

Prohibits similar employment practices by defined federal employing agencies covered under specified family and medical leave provisions for certain government employees.

Allows consideration of an individual's status as unemployed if an individual's employment in a similar or related job for a period of time reasonably proximate to the hiring of such individual is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to successful performance of the job being filled.

Authorizes, subject to possible termination upon the filing of certain complaints by the Secretary of Labor, one or more persons for and in behalf of the affected individual, or the affected individual and other individuals similarly situated, to bring actions in federal or state court for specified actual damages, punitive damages, and equitable relief, including employment.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints according to specified provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; and (2) pay directly to each affected individual applicable sums recovered in any civil actions brought by the Secretary under this Act.

Requires, with respect to the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Library of Congress (LOC), that the Secretary's authority be exercised respectively by the Public Printer and Librarian of Congress.

Sets forth a two-year statute of limitations period (three years for willful violations) for specified civil actions under this Act, subject to tolling when against the defendant involved.

]]> Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 Display Title Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1471is/xml/BILLS-112s1471is.xml 2011-08-02 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.