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US HR8639

US HR8639
Warehouse Worker Protection Act

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Introduced
06/05/2024
In Committee
06/05/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025

Introduced Session

118th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To establish protections for warehouse workers, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, establishes protections for warehouse workers. Key provisions include: 1) Creating a Fairness and Transparency Office in the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor to oversee and enforce the new worker protections. 2) Prohibiting quotas for warehouse workers that prevent compliance with meal/rest breaks, health and safety laws, bathroom access, or the exercise of rights under labor laws. 3) Requiring warehouse employers to provide written descriptions of worker quotas and workplace surveillance policies, and restricting adverse actions against workers based solely on quota compliance. 4) Allowing workers to review and dispute their work speed data, and providing them access to their own data and aggregated data for similarly situated workers. 5) Mandating paid rest breaks for warehouse workers and prohibiting retaliation for taking such breaks. 6) Amending the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit quotas that discourage workers from exercising their rights. 7) Directing OSHA to establish new standards to protect warehouse workers from musculoskeletal disorders and delays in medical treatment.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (51)

Donald Norcross (D)*,  Don Bacon (R),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Nikki Budzinski (D),  Cori Bush (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Chris Deluzio (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Robert Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Dan Goldman (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Val Hoyle (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Andy Kim (D),  John Larson (D),  Mike Lawler (R),  Barbara Lee (D),  Summer Lee (D),  Seth Magaziner (D),  Morgan McGarvey (D),  Kevin Mullin (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Mary Peltola (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Delia Ramirez (D),  Andrea Salinas (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Hillary Scholten (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Chris Smith (R),  Abigail Spanberger (D),  Melanie Stansbury (D),  Haley Stevens (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Shri Thanedar (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Susan Wild (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (on 06/05/2024)

Bill Topics

Labor and Employment
  • ‐ Employee Relations, Unions, and Collective Bargaining
  • ‐ Worker Safety and Protection
  • ‐ Working Conditions and Hours
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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8639/all-info 06/06/2024
BillText https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr8639/BILLS-118hr8639ih.pdf 07/27/2024
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