House Labor Committee Considers Anti Workplace Discrimination Bills

House Labor Committee Considers Anti Workplace Discrimination Bills

March 18 the House Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing on several workplace anti-discrimination bills. The bills discussed included:

The Paycheck Fairness Act (HR. 7) would limit employers’ defenses under the Equal Pay Act and require employers to submit employee compensation data to the federal government.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065) would require covered employers to make reasonable workplace accommodations for “workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.”

The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (H.R. 2062) would amend federal employment law to allow a plaintiff to establish an unlawful employment practice by showing that retaliation, age, or disability was a motivating factor in the practice, though other factors may have influenced the practice.

With these bills now having been discussed by the committee, it is anticipated that they will be considered by the full House in short order. However, these bills’ prospects to become law are uncertain as they may potentially face a filibuster in the Senate.

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