3.0.0 3030 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-10-20 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-20T20:48:42Z Keeping Workers Safe Act 117 5664 HR 2021-10-21 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2021-10-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-10-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-10-20 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2021-10-20 True Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 00 2021-10-20 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-13T19:36:43Z Keeping Workers Safe Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to notify the public about certain enforcement actions taken against an employer for safety and health violations.

First, Labor must issue a notice of each enforcement action with a penalty greater than $60,000. Second, Labor must issue a notice of each enforcement action resulting from (1) multiple, serious violations, or (2) repeated violations classified as other-than-serious.

Labor must issue a notice within seven days of taking the enforcement action and distribute it through

  • regional and local newspapers in the area where the employer is located;
  • applicable trade, industry, or labor organizations; and
  • relevant state and local government entities.
]]> Keeping Workers Safe Act Display Title Keeping Workers Safe Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Keeping Workers Safe Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to issue a notice to the public regarding each enforcement action under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 that results in large penalties or where multiple violations or repeated other-than-serious violations are present. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3030is/xml/BILLS-117s3030is.xml 2021-10-20 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.