Emergency Limitation Periods Extensions for Workers Act

Bill: 116-hr-6812
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: 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 standards
Labor-management relations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 

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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: 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.
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-05-12
text: Introduced in House