FARM Laborers Protection Act
Latest action · Jun 23, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJun 23, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Frontline At-Risk Manual Laborers Protection Act or the FARM Laborers Protection Act
This bill requires agricultural employers that receive federal agricultural-specific funding related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide employees with emergency paid sick leave and specified premium pay through 90 days after the date on which the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. Specifically, during such period, such agricultural employers must provide paid sick time to employees who are unable to work due to the effects of COVID-19. Full-time employees are entitled to 80 hours of such leave and part-time employees are entitled to such leave in the amount of the average number of hours the employee works during an average two-week period. Under current law, employers of fewer than 50 employees may be exempt from these emergency paid sick leave requirements.
The bill also requires such agricultural employers to provide premium pay of $13 per hour up to a maximum of $10,000 per employee, or a maximum of $5,000 for employees who earn $100,000 or more per year, during the public health emergency and 90 days thereafter. The Department of Labor must provide grants for agricultural employers to meet these premium pay requirements. Labor also must promulgate rules to limit the involuntary furlough or termination of applicable agricultural workers during such time period.
Additionally, the bill establishes grants to agricultural employers with 50 or fewer employees to provide employees with handwashing stations, portable restrooms, and personal protective equipment that comply with guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2020 to Jul 29, 2020, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 23, 2020 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jun 23, 2020 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jun 23, 2020 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jun 23, 2020 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 23, 2020 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jul 29, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jun 23, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Business records
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Civil actions and liability
- Contracts and agency
- Department of Labor
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee leave
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Employment taxes
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government studies and investigations
- Health information and medical records
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Income tax exclusion
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Labor and Employment
- Labor standards
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Transportation safety and security
- Unemployment
- Wages and earnings
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 23, 2020Introduced in Senate
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