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A resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, President of the United States
H.R. 1230 – Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (Rep. Scott (VA) – Education and Labor)
This bill returns to the pre-2009 evidentiary threshold applied in discrimination claims, replacing the Gross “but-for” test with the mixed-motive test that Courts applied prior to 2009. It amends four laws – the ADEA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act – to ensure that all victims of discrimination, including older workers, can have their claims adjudicated fairly without the affirmative obligation of refuting every purported nondiscriminatory motive offered by the wrongdoer for his or her discriminatory action.
Click here for a fact sheet from the House Committee on Education and Labor.
The Rule, which was adopted yesterday, provides for one hour of general debate and makes in order the following amendments:
DeSaulnier Amendment
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, requires a GAO report on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) ability to meet the demands of its workload; its plans for investigating mixed motive age discrimination claims; and options for improving EEOC’s ability to respond to allegations of age discrimination.
Rodney Davis/Pingree Amendment
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, requires the Secretary of the Department of Labor and the Chair of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) to conduct a study to determine the number of older adult women who may have been adversely impacted by age discrimination as a motivating factor in workplace discrimination or employment termination. Requires the report to be submitted to Congress and made publicly available within one year and would require recommendations on best practices to combat gender and age discrimination in the workplace.
Allen Amendment
Prohibits the bill from going into effect until GAO conducts a study to determine that the Gross and Nassar decisions have discouraged individuals from filing age discrimination cases and that the success rates of age discrimination cases and Title VII cases brought has decreased; the bill shall not take effect unless the study confirms the adverse effects of the Gross and Nassar decisions.
Brown Amendment
For a 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment, requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to submit annual reports to Congress on the number of age discrimination claims brought under this Act.
Tlaib Amendment
Requires within 5 years the US Commission on Civil Rights to submit a report containing an analysis of the status of Federal mixed motive age discrimination in employment claims made against Federal agencies. |