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# Warehouse Worker Protection Act Summary This bill establishes new federal protections specifically for warehouse workers employed by large distribution centers and similar facilities. It creates a new "Fairness and Transparency Office" within the Department of Labor to oversee and enforce these protections. The legislation restricts how employers can use work quotas—production targets or performance standards—that warehouse workers must meet. Employers must provide workers with written descriptions of their quotas, explain how performance is measured, and disclose what workplace surveillance technology is being used to monitor them. Quotas cannot prevent workers from taking required breaks, using bathrooms, complying with health and safety laws, or exercising labor rights. Workers gain the right to request copies of their own performance data and can challenge inaccurate records. The bill also requires employers to provide paid 15-minute rest breaks for every four hours of work. The law protects workers from retaliation for complaining about quota violations or requesting their performance data, with a presumption that adverse actions taken within 90 days of protected activity are retaliatory unless the employer proves otherwise. It modifies the National Labor Relations Act to prevent employers from using quotas to discourage union organizing or collective action. The bill directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop new workplace safety standards addressing repetitive stress injuries and ensuring prompt medical treatment for injured workers at warehouses. The legislation applies a civil penalty framework with fines up to approximately $77,000 per violation, or $770,000 for repeat violations. Congress is authorized to appropriate necessary funds through fiscal year 2035 to implement and enforce these requirements.

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