3.0.0 2311 2023-01-11T13:24:52Z 2023-01-11T13:24:52Z House H HR 2013-06-11 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRAYSON:H.R. 2311.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of theUnited States:``The Congress shall have Power . . . to regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.''[Page H3287]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2013-07-08T21:07:02Z Referred to 2013-06-11T16:02:00Z 2013-07-08 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2013-06-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2013-06-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-06-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000556 Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] Alan Grayson D FL 9 N H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 17 2013-08-02 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2013-09-17 False B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 2013-10-22 False Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor-management relations Legal fees and court costs Labor and Employment 00 2013-06-11 Introduced in House 2013-07-11T19:39:39Z Worker Anti-Retaliation Act - Prohibits an employer (or any of its agents) from discharging or in any other manner discriminating or taking or threatening adverse action against any employee that disseminates or assists in the dissemination of any message on the employer's property or elsewhere, including through images, picketing, work stoppages, or gathering in groups to protest conflicts with employers or to persuade them to change working conditions, if the employees do not have a representative for collective bargaining and their actions: (1) were peaceful and not taken during work time, except during a lawful work stoppage; and (2) did not destroy or damage the employer's property or block the employer's entrances or exits or otherwise impede the employer's operations or the work of other employees.

Applies this same employer prohibition regarding any employee who planned any of these actions or assisted, encouraged, or supported another employee in engaging in them.

Limits this prohibition to any employer whose annual gross revenue, when added to the annual gross revenue of its parent corporation and all of its affiliates, exceeds $5 million (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level that are separately stated).

Prohibits such an employer from providing for an employee's defense, backpay, damages, or settlement if that employee is found to be in violation of the requirements of this Act.

]]> Worker Anti-Retaliation Act Display Title Worker Anti-Retaliation Act Official Title as Introduced To protect employees from retaliation in the workplace based on actions taken to protest or try to improve working conditions. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Worker Anti-Retaliation Act Introduced in House 2013-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr2311ih/xml/BILLS-113hr2311ih.xml 2013-07-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. 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.