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AFL-CIO
IMMIGRATION/ LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
The comprehensive immigration reform bill contained no strong enforcement tools for labor law violations. Strong enforcement is needed to preserve workplace standards and to ensure that neither domestic nor immigrant workers are exploited. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) offered an amendment that included provisions to make “willful” or “grossly negligent” safety and health violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) a criminal felony, to provide back pay to undocumented workers in cases of employer wage and hour violations, and to increase fines for wage and hour infractions and OSHA violations. The motion was tabled (killed).Americans for Democratic Action
S 2611. Immigration Overhaul/Enforcement of Employment Law.
Isakson (R-GA) motion to kill a Kennedy (D-MA) amendment that would have expanded enforcement provisions of existing employment laws. Kennedy 's amendment would have made willful or grossly negligent Occupational Safety and Health Act violations a criminal felony. It would also have required employers to provide back pay to undocumented workers who had been denied rights under employment laws, required 25 percent of the Department of Labor's investigators to be fluent in a language other than English, and increased fines for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.Republican Liberty Caucus (Civil Liberty)
S. 2611 / S.Amdt. 4106.
Immigration Overhaul/to expand employment laws, make certain violations into criminal offenses, and require 25% of inspectors be fluent in a language other than English.Service Employees International Union
Senate Rejects Efforts to Provide More Labor Laws for All Workers.
The Senate rejected an amendment that would have provided more resources to limit exploitation by employers and expand enforcement of labor protections for all workers.Americans for Tax Reform
Motion to Table Kennedy Amdt. No. 4106; To enhance the enforcement of labor protections for United States workers and guest workers.
Kennedy Amendment No. 4106, to enhance the enforcement of labor protections for United States workers and guest workers.