Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act
Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 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.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 1989, held that, in cases brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove an employer had no business necessity for a practice with discriminatory effects.) Applies the amendments made by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to a case that is subject to the removed provision in the same way such amendments apply to any other case brought under the employment discrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 3, 2013.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jun 3, 2013 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 14, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- May 24, 2013Introduced in House
- May 24, 2013Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 24, 2013Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E763)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2013Introduced in House
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