3.0.0 5000 2023-01-11T13:31:36Z 2023-01-11T13:31:36Z House HR 2016-04-20 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRAYSON:H.R. 5000.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution.[Page H1897]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2016-09-19T14:52:32Z Referred to 2016-04-20T14:01:25Z Workplace Democracy Act 114 3690 HR 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Workplace Democracy Act 114 2142 S 2015-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Clean Energy Worker Just Transition Act 114 2398 S 2015-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2016-09-19 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Committee 2016-04-20 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2016-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000556 Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] Alan Grayson D FL 9 N Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Government studies and investigations Labor-management relations National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Labor and Employment 00 2016-04-20 Introduced in House 2016-05-16T18:53:46Z Employee Free Choice Act of 2016

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify, without an election, an individual or labor organization to be the exclusive representative of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining if a majority of the employees has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in a properly filed petition as their bargaining representative, and no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.

The Board shall develop guidelines and procedures for the designation by employees of a bargaining representative.

Whenever collective bargaining is for the purpose of establishing an initial agreement involving a newly organized or certified employee representative, the requirements for bargaining collectively shall be modified. The parties shall meet to bargain collectively within 10 days after the employer receives a written request. The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) shall use its best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to bring the parties to agreement if 90 days lapse without settlement of a dispute. If such efforts fail for 30 days, the FMCS shall refer the dispute to an arbitration panel, whose decision shall bind the parties for two years, unless the parties consent to a different time period.

The preliminary investigation of charges involving employer discrimination or unfair labor practices while employees of that employer were seeking representation by a labor organization shall be made forthwith and given priority over all other cases except cases of like character in the office where the charge is filed or to which it is referred.

The Board shall award an employee back pay and, in addition, twice that amount as liquidated damages if it finds that the employer has discriminated against the employee either during the period while the employer's employees were seeking representation by a labor organization, or during the period from the time a labor organization was recognized as a representative until the first collective bargaining contract between the employer and the representative was entered into.

Any employer who willfully or repeatedly commits any unfair labor practice during these periods shall, in addition to any make-whole remedy ordered, be subject to a civil penalty of up to $20,000 for each violation.

]]> Employee Free Choice Act of 2016 Display Title Employee Free Choice Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Employee Free Choice Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr5000ih/xml/BILLS-114hr5000ih.xml 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 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.