Congress 116 - HR 6812 - Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act

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Administrative remedies Age discrimination Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Congressional officers and employees Disability and health-based discrimination Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee leave Employment discrimination and employee rights Genetics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Infectious and parasitic diseases Labor and Employment Labor standards Labor-management relations Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Public contracts and procurement Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Wages and earnings Worker safety and health

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Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act

This bill extends the limitation period for filing specified claims or complaints under federal labor or employment laws that overlap with the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. For such an overlap, the filing limitation period is extended for 90 days beginning on the date after the public health emergency ends plus the number of days of overlap between the initial limitation period and the public health emergency.

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Jul 13, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
May 12, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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 12, 2020

Introduced in House

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