RAISE Act

Bill: 115-hr-987
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-09
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights

Labor-management relations

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or the RAISE Act</b></p> <p> This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 987 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2017 Mr. Rokita (for himself, Mr. Barr , Mr. Olson , Mrs. Black , Mr. Grothman , and Mr. Roe of Tennessee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or the RAISE Act . 2. Payment of higher wages Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 159(a) ) is amended— (1) by inserting (1) after (a) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Notwithstanding a labor organization’s exclusive representation of employees in a unit, or the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, nothing in either— (A) section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(5), or (B) a collective bargaining contract or agreement renewed or entered into after the date of enactment of the RAISE Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee in the unit greater wages, pay, or other compensation for, or by reason of, his or her services as an employee of such employer, than provided for in such contract or agreement. .