1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Increasing American Wages and
Benefits Act of 2010
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Labor protections
Sec. 101. Enforcement of Federal labor laws relating to H–2B
nonagricultural guest workers.
Sec. 102. Recruitment of United States workers.
Sec. 103. Prevailing wages for United States workers and H–2B
workers.
Sec. 104. Certification requirement.
Sec. 105. Protections for workers.
Sec. 106. Petitions by employers that have signed labor
agreements with unions that operate hiring halls.
Sec. 107. H–2B nonimmigrant labor certification application
fees.
TITLE II—Labor recruiter accountability
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Protections for workers recruited abroad.
Sec. 204. Enforcement provisions.
Sec. 205. Procedures in addition to other rights of
employees.
Sec. 206. Rulemaking.
<enum>I</enum><header>Labor
protections</header>
<section id="id7B549F422E3B49659046CF0AFAA94E4B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Enforcement of
Federal labor laws relating to H–2B nonagricultural guest workers</header>
<subsection id="id245A2DF5F7554EB5B581462522C87BB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 214(c)(14) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4D950A1EBCAD401AAD22ABE266E16538"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>of Homeland Security</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>of Labor</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBE4476C81100466E985DE478E93EB122"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7D8A2FBA10844A18935683162123484A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id020F7DB9098F49AB8388B48E05DEFA59"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC86B2D055027437D9639716F94F57C2F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id7A93AEAD872546A49E060C76F77DB719" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor is authorized
to take such actions, including imposing appropriate penalties and seeking
appropriate injunctive relief and specific performance of contractual
obligations, as may be necessary to assure employer compliance with the terms
and conditions required under this Act for employing nonimmigrant workers
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), and as required under the
<short-title>Increasing American Wages and Benefits Act of
2010</short-title>. The authority of the Secretary of Labor under this
subparagraph shall not preempt any other rights which affected persons may have
under Federal or State law.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6037CCE606E8481AA7C7828F01FFB4FE" indent="up2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any aggrieved person whose wages or
working conditions have been directly and adversely affected by an employer in
violation of applicable laws and regulations governing the employment of
nonimmigrant workers described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), or by a
violation of the terms and conditions of employment, may bring a civil action
against such employer in the appropriate district court of the United States.
Such cause of action shall not be subject to exhaustion of administrative
remedies and shall be in addition to any other causes of action and remedies
that may exist.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6916D6F182FF418CA39B7642D1512DD1" indent="up2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Legal Services Corporation may provide legal services on behalf of
nonimmigrant workers described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) regarding the
terms and conditions of employment, transportation, and housing and other
provisions of law applicable to the employment of such
nonimmigrants.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id35D58155F4FC45FF8195A5C4FB3631DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section
214(g)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(10)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idF472FC9261304ABC9632D045FB115319"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(10)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD0190BA008CF43B2B5D7791FF9D66EB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4B21F8E5F81427FBCB769A8D1F6D062" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id59CB55614802492384466EB62BBFD1E9" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each employer that hires a
nonimmigrant worker described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) shall—</text>
<clause id="id2411F162700E4F61B4E2C0B852149803"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notify the Secretary of Labor not
later than 30 days after the conclusion of each such nonimmigrant’s term of
employment; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA89C67D7C1954972B3C6F41D1D5C7CB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary of Labor
employment payroll records and similar documentation showing that the employer
paid the required prevailing wage and transportation, and other expenses
required under this section and section
212.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id17516C9D865A405AB247FECD10DA6909"><enum>102.</enum><header>Recruitment of
United States workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9E011E1289664E589797874C04298BE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(p)(3), by striking <quote>(a)(5)(A), (n)(1)(A)(i)(II),</quote> and inserting
<quote>(n)(1)(A)(i)(II)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BA71542ACE2447DAA59A80D9F4128B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (t) (as added by section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108–449) as
subsection (u); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62F120032FA94A94A9C8D9E4E649B378"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0354B90E065B4E7B84AD1FC7B51D57E5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id30A3A36FCD5648DB866FD48127048732"><enum>(v)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2008DD7253C24F23B458DBF2D250458F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided under paragraph (5), an
employer that seeks to employ an alien described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) (referred to in this subsection as an <term>H–2B
nonimmigrant</term>) shall take the following steps to recruit United States
workers for the position for which the alien is sought not later than 14 days
before filing an application under paragraph (3):</text>
<subparagraph id="id815BA3E340A2452EAA8F14B8EABD4FCA" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employer shall submit a copy of the job
offer, including a description of the wages and other terms and conditions of
employment, to the State Workforce Agency that serves the area of employment in
the State in which the employer is located (referred to in this subsection as
the <term>SWA</term>). The SWA shall provide the employer with an
acknowledgment of receipt of such documentation in accordance with this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79C8353AC89A449BB873103737F9D246" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employer shall authorize the SWA to
post the job opportunity on the Internet through the web site for
<term>America’s Job Bank</term>, with local job banks, and with unemployment
agencies and other labor referral and recruitment sources pertinent to such job
opportunity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6E9FE823963D445AA3667295C9C4D152" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employer shall authorize the SWA to
provide notification of the job opportunity, and the SWA shall designate that
these are job opportunities for which H–2B visas have been requested,
to—</text>
<clause id="idEFEEF702F2F54D378B0BCE006BEDD22B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the central office of the State Federation
of Labor in the State in which the job is located; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id15065036CABE409EB8C012641D527621"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the office of the local union which
represents the employees in the same or substantially equivalent job
classification, if applicable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBD079522C64436EB3423EC7F895545F" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employer shall post the availability of
the job opportunity for which the employer is seeking a worker in conspicuous
locations at the place of employment for all employees to see.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70CA6E9055924E9488E3C30DFF105D59" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employer shall advertise the
availability of the job opportunity for which the employer is seeking a worker
in a publication with the highest circulation in the labor market that is
likely to be patronized by a potential worker for at least 5 consecutive
days.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC0420722A5F64489B051B0274C97319B" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on recommendations by the local job
service, the employer shall advertise the availability of the job opportunity
in professional, trade, or local minority and ethnic publications that are
likely to be patronized by a potential worker.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8360A78365A54DD686BF2BBD136D0F16" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer that seeks to employ an H–2B
nonimmigrant shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB4171D60983344A9B7CC3A63245C2DC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">first offer the job to any eligible United
States worker who—</text>
<clause id="idBA446E3BABE944A797C0F814EA58939A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applies;</text>
</clause><clause id="idC60C9CBEC8D2472CA1DDD1ABDEF26DFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is qualified for the job; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8333AE5D4F0046A8B4DC5746482B6E10"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is available at the time of need;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF2384B9FB6A43F9B034D562C80E5CFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain, for at least 3 years after the
employment relation is terminated, documentation of recruitment efforts and
responses conducted and received before filing an application with the
Department of Labor, including—</text>
<clause id="id907251FB6DFE4A618C70CCF36C540A17"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resumes;</text>
</clause><clause id="id51639F970EC141CEAC6AFCC95B14E5DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">applications; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC8EDEECDFA1A4980A6443993D4D184D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tests of United States workers who applied
and were not hired for the job the employer seeks to fill with a nonimmigrant
worker, if applicable.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD847A05C14354A03B7CD6C29DD999C01" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer that seeks to hire an H–2B
nonimmigrant shall submit an application to the Secretary of Labor that
includes a certification, under penalty of perjury, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA843F192BD93404BBC3B994F1C008E88"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employer has not made a job offer to a
United States worker, which imposed restrictions or obligations that will not
be imposed on an H–2B nonimmigrant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5673FAE422054BABB071B6274DC71DB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employer has complied with the
recruitment requirements under paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE1DE222E3C34996BECCED13AE3725C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employer will offer an H–2B
nonimmigrant not less than the same benefits and working conditions provided to
United States workers similarly employed in the same occupational
classification at the same actual place of employment in addition to paying an
H–2B nonimmigrant a prevailing wage rate not less than the wage rate offered to
United States workers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12C282EEBB594F1D950282EC45AB6CF7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is currently no strike, lockout, or
labor dispute (as defined in section 2(9) of the Labor-Management Relations Act
(29 U.S.C. 152(9)), at the same place of employment, which affects employees in
the same occupational classification in which an H–2B nonimmigrant will be
employed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA5BF88D7413F4983A3681EEB65D58475"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employer will comply with all
applicable laws and regulations relating to the right of workers to join or
organize a union (including rights protected under section 7 of the
Labor-Management Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id799D0865E8294CEB9BE6E294F0197395"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employer has—</text>
<clause id="idB32D9A60222D43A889A29F6816C7E541"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided notice of the filing of an
application to the bargaining representative of employees, if any, working in
the same occupational classification at the place of employment as an H–2B
nonimmigrant who the employer intends to employ; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id3EECB9F6A5B345F0A398BC5669B49123"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if there is no such bargaining
representative, posted notice of filing such application in conspicuous
locations at the place of employment for all employees to see for not fewer
than 14 business days; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93116948472F40049AEDD0B08D1C9A20"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements applicable to the job,
which the employer intends to hire an H–2B nonimmigrant to perform, represent
the actual minimum requirements applicable to that job and the employer will
not hire an H–2B nonimmigrant to perform the job who has less training or
experience than the employer’s other employees.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA1AC0C87B35940A7BAEAC8677ECABC72" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF01BAE749830462D9A178B89432D631D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An employer that
applies to hire an H–2B nonimmigrant shall hire any qualified United States
worker who applies for the job for which such nonimmigrant was intended to be
employed if such United States worker applies before the date that is 30 days
before the date on which the last such H–2B nonimmigrant is scheduled to begin
work for such employer.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED7ABBDBB3754DB2B6E95BF0AFACA209" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary of Labor, through the
workforce agency of a State, as appropriate, shall provide information about
applications for H–2B nonimmigrants, including information about domestic
workers who apply for jobs but are not hired, to a United States worker,
nonprofit organization, or union not later than 48 hours after such worker,
organization, or union requests such
information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idD6448E1EF968401A819C91E8B7CAFA02"><enum>103.</enum><header>Prevailing
wages for United States workers and H–2B workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182), as amended by section 102, is further amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4E08EC1D70E4350B836E6BA55B4A14A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id8486D109312F4D498DE4732A64E1AB99"><enum>(w)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC5BB7C253F6F4253A1D1F7E19C03E7A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No alien may be
admitted or provided status as a nonimmigrant under section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) in an occupational classification unless the Secretary of
Labor certifies that the employer—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDff422cb64b9a460e9a8b18d7a82f3a35" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is offering and will offer during the
period of authorized employment to aliens admitted or provided such status the
wage rate set forth in the collective bargaining agreement, if the job
opportunity is covered by a collective bargaining agreement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id035D3B19336F4602876677213EAAEC24" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the job opportunity is not covered
by a collective bargaining agreement, the wage the employer is offering and
will offer, to any alien or United States worker employed by or offered
employment by the employer, during the period of authorized employment for
aliens admitted or provided such status, wages that are not less than the
higher of—</text>
<clause id="id404D60300A414EBF9AAC3317F47B4112"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the wage determination, if any,
issued pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code
(commonly known as the <term>Davis–Bacon Act</term>);</text>
</clause><clause id="id2AB4D54EF9DA4D78B99B05F067547FBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the wage determination, if any,
issued pursuant to the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 351 et
seq.);</text>
</clause><clause id="idA25C0E48ED1B4999B477E3F0B50F4572"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the median rate of the highest 66
percent of the wage data applicable to such occupational classification under
the most recently published Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, compiled
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id7658CB011B1A4E75B860B5178E9E322B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a wage that is not less than 150
percent of the Federal minimum wage in effect under the Fair Labor Standards
Act (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5C0280BC4A8243AD9CB88ED92A4BC259" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>will provide working conditions for
such alien that will not adversely affect the working conditions of workers
similarly employed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59230DE7207B4CF0B93C29EC136EFFFE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An employer may not appeal a decision
of the Secretary of Labor concerning the wages required to be paid under
paragraph (1)(A) unless United States workers and their labor representatives
are given the opportunity to submit contrary evidence or appeal that such
required wages are too low.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5FA88DAC40DD404C9BAD83DDF38ABB99" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An employer may not hire a
nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5AC3D31C97F74E01B4158BCFC46984B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>real prevailing wages in the
occupational classification in which such nonimmigrant is to be hired are at
least 3 percent higher than such wages during the preceding year under the
Occupational Employment Statistics Survey compiled by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73810C61D4674EC191CD3BAEE50CC89A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the employer offers to pay the H–2B
worker or a United States worker a wage in the occupational classification in
which such worker is to be hired that is at least 3 percent higher during the
preceding year, after adjusting for inflation under the Occupational Employment
Survey.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id3DE1A8CE3AD9497A901153FF745A34A3"><enum>104.</enum><header>Certification
requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(c)(14)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by section 101, is further
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5FA5B9BF6484AE29B2E3ABCDC01F67B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idD48D48FB5B164968929E02DDAA2D4785" indent="up2"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
petition by an employer seeking to hire an alien described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) shall not be approved until the employer has provided
written certification, under penalty of perjury, to the Secretary of Labor
that—</text>
<clause id="id3952C767EF04485DBED22408FFFFEBC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the employer has not been required
under law to provide a notice of a mass layoff pursuant to the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) during the
12-month period immediately preceding the date on which the alien is to be
hired; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idF5B40056D303461E91D662B2902E8873"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the employer does not intend to
provide a notice of a mass layoff pursuant to such Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFC3916841C704F5297C4D7ED20A3260F" indent="up2"><enum>(H)</enum><text>If an employer is required under law
to provide a notice of a mass layoff pursuant to such Act after hiring
nonimmigrants granted status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b), the status of
such nonimmigrants shall expire on the date that is 60 days after the date on
which such notice is provided.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6A048DC2EA0E4C9D9409A30182FA3C63" indent="up2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>An employer shall be exempt from the
requirements under subparagraphs (G) and (H) if the employer provides written
certification, under penalty of perjury, that the total number of the
employer’s employees in the United States will not be reduced as a result of a
mass
layoff.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id061BE92B950D46F08123B5BDB0C6D495"><enum>105.</enum><header>Protections
for workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(c)(14)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by sections 101 and 104, is
further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3820F557F70140389843C6FA113C269B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id51E2B81E4D9B4277A906ACC297B083D6" indent="up2"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Employers who hire nonimmigrants
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) shall reimburse the nonimmigrants for
the reasonable transportation costs incurred by such nonimmigrants and United
States workers to initially reach the job site and, once the period of
employment for the job opportunity is completed, to return to their countries
of origin or to the next place of employment, if the worker has contracted with
a subsequent employer who has not agreed to provide or pay for the worker’s
transportation to such subsequent employer’s place of employment. The amount of
reimbursement for such transportation expenses shall not exceed the lesser
of—</text>
<clause id="IDd80f3c493134490599e3de8a3b76836d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the actual cost to the worker or alien
of the transportation and subsistence involved; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4582335cff404ed3a04b92a6c4d453d9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the most economical and reasonable
common carrier transportation charges and subsistence costs for the distance
involved.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2DC67665956C45E2BD3D8DA9BA74954A" indent="up2"><enum>(K)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9842921D9F4B443C8ECE1D2A2A78A57A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Employers who hire
nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) shall guarantee to
offer the worker employment for at least 75 percent of the workdays of the
total periods during which the work contract and all extensions of such
contract are in effect, beginning with the first workday after the arrival of
the worker at the place of employment and ending on the expiration date
specified in the work contract or in its extensions, if any.</text>
</clause><clause id="id133F164316B14EA685D5D3FFAF55F2EE" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If the employer affords a worker
during the total work contract period less employment than that required under
this subparagraph, the employer shall pay the worker the amount which the
worker would have earned had the worker worked for the guaranteed number of
days.</text>
</clause><clause id="idB9924B42AA6C4868B61D886731C8CEDE" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In this subparagraph, the term
<term>workday</term>—</text>
<subclause id="idD513E381C12C4F24996FAFA80406C076"><enum>(I)</enum><text>means a day in which the worker is
offered the number of hours stated in the job order; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idAAC7B4F7FC8E4FF187385B15F83279CE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>excludes the worker’s Sabbath and
Federal holidays.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id621E5AAE91014A659EE1FAF8C6FE62B2" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A work guarantee does not meet the
requirements under this subparagraph unless the number of hours of work offered
by the employer is equal to not less than the product of—</text>
<subclause id="idD79E0443C5014D06B524BC56CA6D9BF0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>75 percent of the workdays; multiplied
by</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3974A87E8223453EA5F2DD7CDFECDA4C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the average number of hours per day
stated in the job order.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idCEEDCF5EC01A45A38495BA29D0B31800" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A worker may be offered more than the
specified hours of work on a single workday.</text>
</clause><clause id="idB88EE5FD311E40839E031EE7CC59537E" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The employer may not require, for
purposes of meeting the work guarantee, that the worker work longer than the
number of hours specified in the job order on a workday, the worker’s Sabbath,
or a Federal holiday.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6543F7457D104F0F9922E832E9BEFF71" indent="up2"><enum>(L)</enum><text>If the job opportunity is not covered
by the State workers’ compensation law, the employer will provide, at no cost
to the worker, insurance covering injury and disease arising out of, and in the
course of, the worker's employment which will provide benefits at least equal
to those provided under the State's workers' compensation law for comparable
employment.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDe6aed630d57d4fac9bd60593b27b98fd"><enum>106.</enum><header>Petitions by
employers that have signed labor agreements with unions that operate hiring
halls</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(v) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section 102, is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA51A419D7EF44630998A3DCD6AA491DD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID84155207f07b4bc3a912fb2e9c67e556" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An employer that seeks to hire an
H–2B nonimmigrant may file an application with the Secretary of Labor in
accordance with this paragraph, instead of complying with paragraphs (1)
through (4), if—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7C04A80F39B646D3BEE651E2E6B056EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the employer has signed a labor
agreement with a labor organization (as defined in section 2(5) of the
Labor-Management Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)) under which the labor
organization is responsible for referring applicants for employment to the
employer under a procedure commonly known as a <term>hiring hall</term> or
<term>referral hall</term>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBD6F540B86C04EDF88188CFCD174383E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the application is accompanied by a
written statement prepared by the labor organization attesting that—</text>
<clause id="idC77E71ECEDA04674A362D41840DB297C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the labor organization operates a
hiring hall that, pursuant to contractual agreement and actual practice, is a
source of employees in the same or substantially equivalent occupational
classification in which the employer seeks to employ an H–2B
nonimmigrant;</text>
</clause><clause id="id79C4C32F58A64DE29013918B5E28CC25"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the labor organization does not
have a sufficient number of qualified applicants available for referral in the
same or substantially equivalent occupational classification in which the
employer seeks to employ an H–2B nonimmigrant;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9824559034E043728243C35984A962E3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the labor organization has
advertised, for at least 5 consecutive days, the availability of the job
opportunity for which the employer is seeking to employ an H–2B nonimmigrant in
the publication with the highest circulation in the labor market that is likely
to be patronized by potential applicants;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8124E9A47F144FBA8184072EF39813EA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the employer is contractually
obligated to pay all employees, in the same or substantially equivalent
occupational classification in which the employer seeks to employ an H–2B
nonimmigrant, wages and benefits set forth in a labor agreement with the labor
organization, which equals or exceeds the prevailing wage rate the employer
would be obligated to pay; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id62A81E86BCC845FFBB6C8F07EE29CBED"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the H–2B nonimmigrants who the
employer seeks to employ will be paid not less than the same wages and benefits
and be subject to the same terms and conditions of employment set forth in the
employer’s labor agreement with the labor
organization.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id15F7793934E74E7FAD632343AD17643C"><enum>107.</enum><header>H–2B
nonimmigrant labor certification application fees</header>
<subsection id="idFBD2C6BF01894166B3C9900A471105F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212(a)(5)(A)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE212CDC6CC64356919BE3EEE267CB0D" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID99ff9aa85b3d42a4b71eb1ece84c5a97"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Establishment
of H–2B employment certification application fee</header>
<subclause id="ID04bb86adced847cf85fb4e8843d45a1e"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Labor shall impose a fee on an employer
that submits an application for an employment certification for aliens granted
nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) to the Secretary of
Labor under this subparagraph on or after the date that is 30 days after the
date of enactment of the <short-title>Increasing American
Wages and Benefits Act of 2010</short-title>.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id49BE4F19FAA24A01A27BDD58AD0BB730"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Fee during
initial year</header><text>During the period beginning 30 days after the date
of enactment of the <short-title>Increasing American Wages
and Benefits Act of 2010</short-title> and ending 1 year after such date, the
fee imposed under subclause (I) shall be $800 for each application.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDfc2954fb56a84f8dbd93e5503ac947c1"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Fee after
initial year</header><text>After the date that is one year after the date of
enactment of the <short-title>Increasing American Wages
and Benefits Act of 2010</short-title>, the fee imposed under subclause (I)
shall be set at a level the Secretary of Labor determines will ensure recovery
of the full costs of carrying out labor certification activities under this
subparagraph and will recover any additional costs associated with the
administration of the fees collected.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDb85c6240ec8945878810c1b1dde5fdab"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Prohibition on
employer accepting reimbursement of fee</header>
<item id="IDc58784c7e8c64da3a0fe80145b70fb09"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An employer subject to a fee under this clause shall not
require or accept reimbursement, directly or indirectly, of or other
compensation for all or part of the cost of such fee.</text>
</item><item id="IDc707337faed247f79e8675c45e4e065c"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Civil
penalty</header><text>If the Secretary of Labor determines, after notice and
opportunity for a hearing, that an employer has violated item (aa), the
Secretary of Labor may impose a civil penalty on such employer in an amount not
to exceed $5,000 per violation.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID51e4f8c6cb914db78e8a3f070b0f4247"><enum>(V)</enum><header>Deposit of fees
and penalties</header><text>Fees and civil penalties collected under this
clause shall be deposited in the <term>H–2B Employment Certification
Application Fee Account</term> established under section
286(w).</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa673f0559e18425cb937ab255288950b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment
of account and use of fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 286 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE891F91C5F2144F48E54B4CE8A008F24" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID565eeb273cfd4ab3b4dc5d01357d1983"><enum>(w)</enum><header>H–2B Employment
Certification Application Fee Account</header>
<paragraph id="ID1f806bb9665b44d9970f8474fa5dcf93"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
of account</header><text>There is established in the general fund of the
Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the <term>H–2B Employment
Certification Application Fee Account</term>. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title, there shall be deposited as offsetting receipts into
the account all amounts from the fees and civil penalties collected under
section 212(a)(5)(A)(v).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcb642464a931434e8fd3e377940b5fa8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
fees</header><text>Of the amounts deposited into the H–2B Employment
Certification Application Fee Account under this subsection in each fiscal
year, the Secretary of Labor shall use such amounts as the Secretary of Labor
determines are necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6FD5E24644824026BEAB5AFDE88E5936"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for the costs of
Federal administration, including personnel, in carrying out labor
certification activities under section 212(a)(5)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE328951D75E6484C8CCA2587771734CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to assist the
States, as appropriate, in the determination of prevailing wages for purposes
of carrying out such section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDda2ed92168f448b594623011b32de840"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>The fees deposited into the H–2B Employment Certification
Application Fee Account under this subsection shall remain available until
expended for the activities described in paragraph
(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf18ebf198bad4d05ba74afc5faf889fe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program
integrity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
212(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A)),
as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC20039D140A64BB9A33810F2F7537545" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID3462f6f2df024d58b05f3ec84ea205b2"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Program
integrity regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Labor may prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to ensure the integrity of the labor
certification process carried out under this subparagraph. Such regulations may
include standards and procedures under which employers and their
representatives are excluded from participation in the labor certification
process under this
subparagraph.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Labor recruiter
accountability</header>
<section id="HA82691E90B144C08986C454DDD3BD850"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Indentured Servitude Abolition
Act of 2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9F47FECDC49844479E006C6D35298D69"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="H227CFDA0F7B247F5BA584E701892B473"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by this title,
for purposes of this Act the terms used in this Act shall have the same
meanings, respectively, as are given those terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2B6635D428A7499E87391D444E949FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other
definitions</header><text>In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HBE6971C66EA2420BB31E6257FCA7DDFA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foreign labor
contracting activity</header><text>The term <term>foreign labor contracting
activity</term> means recruiting, soliciting, hiring, employing, or furnishing,
an individual who resides outside of the United States to be employed in the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB179AFD271B542028CD065C1EFA037D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign labor
contractor</header><text>The term <term>foreign labor contractor</term> means
any person who for any money or other valuable consideration paid or promised
to be paid, performs any foreign labor contracting activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24E669D1ADAF4DCDBD41A44ECAC2F59"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Labor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5AE65460D14E4A15BC9D3C1973AF00B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means any State of the United States and includes the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AD7BB8830154324BB51C8B8BFBCD237"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Worker</header><text>The
term <term>worker</term> means an individual who is the subject of foreign
labor contracting activity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7BCF256516E44B34A1010B24545C70A4"><enum>203.</enum><header>Protections
for workers recruited abroad</header>
<subsection id="HBFF8144CE1264C5DABD6B752E0B1392F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Basic
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="id90D3842830FC4EEA87D38D325B24E92D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Disclosures of
information</header><text>Each employer and foreign labor contractor who
engages in foreign labor contracting activity shall ascertain and disclose to
each such worker who is recruited for employment the following information at
the time of the worker’s recruitment:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A1D42ADECD44E258CAC485DD76DD900"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The place of
employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7CBEDA1BBC14A719C9577A79BFA4314"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The compensation
for the employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B206A05F75141F6871B693640943BE7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of
employment activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03689009448249059C6600149DD3B7DF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The period of
employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H490227D24B464D70AC3D6753EA9D8892"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The
transportation, housing, and any other employee benefit to be provided and any
costs to be charged for each benefit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1B0667D2B7248D08817A79C9BB37951"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The existence of
any arrangements with any owner or agent of any establishment in the area of
employment under which the contractor or employer is to receive a commission or
any other benefit resulting from any sales (including the provision of
services) by such establishment to the workers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE950C5BE6A0046499BC8657FB5950084"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Whether and the
extent to which workers will be compensated through workers’ compensation,
private insurance, or otherwise for injuries or death, including work related
injuries and death, during the period of employment and, if so, the name of the
State workers’ compensation insurance carrier or the name of the policyholder
of the private insurance, the name and the telephone number of each person who
must be notified of an injury or death, and the time period within which such
notice must be given.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F01642CF61E427AAD929B48874002DC"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Any education or
training to be provided or made available, including the nature and cost of
such training, who will pay such costs, and whether the training is a condition
of employment, continued employment, or future employment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4BCD543072A4BDB9450953FDE821C2E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>A statement,
approved by the Secretary of Labor, describing the protections of this Act for
workers recruited abroad.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BEAC4F13B1C4065A34B2530D4703BD2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on
providing false information</header><text>No foreign labor contractor or
employer shall knowingly provide false or misleading information to any worker
concerning any matter required to be disclosed in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD91FB7600734ED189F2785DD349D739"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of
disclosure</header><text>The information required to be disclosed by paragraph
(1) to workers shall be provided in written form. Such information shall be
provided in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in the language of the
worker being recruited. The Department of Labor shall make forms available in
English, Spanish, and other languages, as necessary, which may be used in
providing workers with information required under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06817726CAE64CFFB1409726E577B30"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibition on
recruitment fees</header><text>No fees may be charged to a worker for
recruitment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EF515F703D0492FA862EBAE6498E1C6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Prohibition on
violating the terms of a working arrangement</header><text>No employer or
foreign labor contractor shall, without justification, violate the terms of any
working arrangement made by that contractor or employer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H262955C02F3F43E5A25DB5D0BCB586C8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Prohibition on
discrimination</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1E7C9F58CF545B4A2B217002597635E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful
for an employer or a foreign labor contractor to fail or refuse to hire or to
discharge any individual, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with
respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because
such individual’s race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, age, or
disability.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB74A810A0BF464688A1BAD19DE6A730"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of determining the
existence of unlawful discrimination under subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HBD76C7D96645405B999D87155273B030"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the case of a claim of discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex,
national origin, or religion, the same legal standards shall apply as are
applicable under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000e">42 U.S.C. 2000e et
seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="HE6972A8C9E8C48678D79009F12A74076"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the case of a claim of discrimination based on unlawful discrimination based on
age, the same legal standards shall apply as are applicable under the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/621">29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFBFA34EB3767409189406D5F16949381"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
the case of a claim of discrimination based on disability, the same legal
standards shall apply as are applicable under title I of the Americans With
Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7FE69E3439AB46DFB38481A1E2E75886"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other worker
protections</header>
<paragraph id="idEF3A87E508F040F59CA3DC0BCB19BBDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification
requirements</header><text>Each employer shall notify the Secretary of the
identity of any foreign labor contractor involved in any foreign labor
contractor activity for or on behalf of the employer. The employer shall be
subject to the civil remedies of this Act for violations committed by such
foreign labor contractor to the same extent as if the employer had committed
the violation. The employer shall notify the Secretary of the identity of such
a foreign labor contractor whose activities do not comply with this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H966D157A55024BDE80EF12F000F078D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>List of
violators</header><text>The Secretary shall maintain a list of all foreign
labor contractors whom the Secretary knows or believes have been involved in
violations of this Act, and make that list publicly available. The Secretary
shall provide a procedure by which an employer, a foreign labor contractor, or
someone acting on behalf of such contractor may seek to have a foreign labor
contractor’s name removed from such list by demonstrating to the Secretary’s
satisfaction that the foreign labor contractor has not violated this Act in the
previous 5 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H378B9F15DB104BF5B9C4F8FDA10106FA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on
violation of written agreements</header><text>A foreign labor contractor may
not violate, without justification, the terms of any written agreements made
with an employer pertaining to any contracting activity or worker protection
under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H339CAF87EB76434585B964C4C7316656"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Discrimination
prohibited against workers seeking relief under this Act</header><text>A person
may not intimidate, threaten, restrain, coerce, blacklist, discharge, or in any
manner discriminate against any worker because such worker has, with just
cause, filed any complaint or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any
proceeding under or related to this Act, or has testified or is about to
testify in any such proceedings, or because of the exercise, with just cause,
by such worker on behalf of himself or others of any right or protection
afforded by this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9BFCD4F364134F8792F05C70277C1928"><enum>204.</enum><header>Enforcement
provisions</header>
<subsection id="H736CD6B5500E498AACD27C770724BABC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header>
<paragraph id="id29704C578CE441BCA349B12023629248"><enum>(1)</enum><header>First
conviction</header><text>Any person who knowingly violates this Act shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 1 year,
or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBE42CBABE68E4C4BAD65D607FA493328"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
convictions</header><text>Upon conviction for a second or subsequent violation
of this Act, the defendant shall be fined under title 18, United States Code,
or imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H29D6F0F83E614F348C31002E23C53427"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative
sanctions</header>
<paragraph id="idCB3B3C4B03CF4F11B55E27A8CC910F59"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header>
<subparagraph id="id9DAD2F0D2F7B4EA78CBCE1925F5F0903"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may assess a
civil money penalty of not more than $5,000 on any person who violates this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22869B7DCA0946F996F777BD4D1DF626"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
determining the amount of any penalty to be assessed under subparagraph (A),
the Secretary shall take into account—</text>
<clause id="id3C9F16990ED34AC1994EBC9B05800C8F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
person’s previous record of compliance with this Act, comparable requirements
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), and
regulations promulgated under such Acts; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6838ECCC866D4C0982B7B5456429C17A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the gravity of
the violation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B414A7D97CE406985C0025BD25ABE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of prohibited
contractor</header><text>Any employer who uses the services of a foreign labor
contractor who is on the list maintained by the Secretary pursuant to section
203(b)(2), shall, if the actions of such foreign labor contractor have
contributed to a violation of this Act by the employer, be fined $10,000 per
violation in addition to any other fines or penalties for which the employer
may be liable for such violation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB702DF5A5EE49158B74D7C438E3D7E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Actions by
Secretary</header><text>The Secretary may take such actions, including seeking
appropriate injunctive relief and specific performance of contractual
obligations, as may be necessary to ensure employer compliance with this Act,
including required terms and conditions of employment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB2A4EA296C9E40FC8070A1629522CDDF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver of
rights</header><text>Agreements by employees purporting to waive or to modify
their rights under this Act shall be void as contrary to public policy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEBC360CED3394CD0A12938A6E0C054DC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Representation
in court</header><text>Except as provided under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/518">section
518(a)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, relating to litigation
before the Supreme Court, the Solicitor of Labor may appear for and represent
the Secretary in any civil litigation brought under this Act, but all such
litigation shall be subject to the direction and control of the Attorney
General.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H38300BF6D7D649E88B8F4370832441D8"><enum>205.</enum><header>Procedures in
addition to other rights of employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The rights and remedies provided to workers
by this Act are in addition to any other contractual or statutory rights and
remedies of the workers and are not intended to alter or affect such rights and
remedies.</text>
</section><section id="HCF6B32E88CC345668537297C8D2431B"><enum>206.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.</text>
</section>