Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 27, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 29, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2007 - Requires foreign labor contractors (recruiters) and employers to inform foreign workers accurately of specified terms and conditions of their employment at the time they are recruited. Requires such information to be provided in written form in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in the language of the worker being recruited.
Prohibits charging fees to workers for recruitment.
Requires employers to pay such a worker's transportation costs, including subsistence costs during the period of travel: (1) from the place of recruitment to the place of employment; and (2) from the place of employment to the worker's place of permanent residence.
Prohibits discrimination in employment by an employer or a recruiter against an individual because of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability.
Requires employers to notify the Secretary of Labor of the identity of: (1) any recruiter involved in any foreign labor contractor activity for or on behalf of the employer; and (2) any such recruiter whose activities do not comply with this Act. Subjects employers to the civil remedies of this Act for violations committed by such recruiters to the same extent as if the employers had committed the violations.
Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 5, 2007 to Apr 29, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Apr 29, 2008 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Mar 30, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E710-711)
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 29, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Age discrimination
- Alien labor
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Contractors
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Directories
- Disabled
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Employee benefit plans
- Employee rights
- Employee training
- Employers' liability
- Employment of the disabled
- Fees
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Housing and Community Development
- Immigration
- Industrial relations
- Injunctions
- Labor and Employment
- Labor disputes
- Law
- Lockouts
- Minorities
- Minority employment
- Racial discrimination
- Recidivists
- Recruiting of employees
- Religion
- Religious liberty
- Sex discrimination
- Social Welfare
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Wages
- Whistle blowing
- Witnesses
- Women
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in House
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