United States · Bill · S
S. 1491 (116th)
Restoring Justice for Workers Act
Introduced
15 May 2019
Last action
15 May 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
21 April 2025
Summary
Restoring Justice for Workers Act This bill prohibits predispute arbitration agreements that require arbitration of an employment dispute. It allows a postdispute arbitration agreement if the employee enters into it voluntarily without coercion and is informed in writing of rights and protections under such agreement. An employer may not retaliate against an employee for refusing to enter into an agreement for arbitrating an employment dispute.
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Timeline
15 May 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
15 May 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 15 May 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2019
- related to → BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
- related to → BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
- related to ← Restoring Justice for Workers Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1491
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1491
- us · 116-s-1491 · source updated 21 April 2025