Bill > SB164

This bill proposes to regulate the meat packing and food processing industry in Pennsylvania by creating facility health and safety committees in the workplace, establishing an industry workers' rights coordinator within the Department of Labor and Industry, and providing public health emergency protections for workers. Key provisions include mandating worker safety training, requiring paid sick leave, establishing joint labor-management facility health and safety committees, and requiring employers to adopt infectious disease exposure prevention plans during public health emergencies. The bill also imposes penalties for non-compliance and allows workers to bring civil actions against employers for violations.