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S. 1037 (103rd)

Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act

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Introduced

27 May 1993

Last action

14 September 1994 · Reported

Status

Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Sponsors

Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL], Sen. Wofford, Harris [D-PA], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH], Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND], Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ]

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Summary

Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 1989, held that, in cases brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove an employer had no business necessity for a practice with discriminatory effects.) Applies the amendments made by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to a case that is subject to the removed provision in the same way such amendments apply to any other case brought under the employment discrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Timeline

  1. 27 May 1993

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 27 May 1993

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6738-6739)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 27 May 1993

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 14 September 1994

    Reported

    Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    Source: Committee

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  • Introduced in Senate (text)

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