Workforce Protections
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson today marked Equal Pay Day and cosponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act, which aims to strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable.
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to the injunction placed on the Obama Administration's Overtime Regulation:
Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) introduced a legislative package of bills to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to ensure that more workers have access to job-protected leave to care for themselves and their loved ones.
Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) introduced H.R. 5496, a legislative package of bills to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to ensure that more workers have access to job-protected leave to care for themselves and their loved ones.
Today the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing titled "Promoting Safe Workplaces Through Effective and Responsible Recordkeeping Standards" to examine OSHA's recordkeeping and anti-retaliation rule issued by Department of Labor on May 12, 2016.
Since January 1, 2015, OSHA has required employers to report within 24 hours any work-related amputations, in-patient hospitalizations, or loss of eye, in addition to an already existing requirement to report fatalities within eight hours.
(ENEWSPF)-June 16, 2016. Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), introduced a legislative package to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to help workers balance work and family life.
Democrats in Florida Delegation Calling AHCA to Make Sure Long-Term Care Facility Staff Have PPE
Florida Daily / August 12, 2020
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., led nine Democrats in the Florida delegation on a letter to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), raising concerns about the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for long-term care facility staff.