This bill prohibits employers from canceling or changing an employee's health insurance coverage during a labor lockout or while an employee is engaged in a lawful strike. Currently, employers can legally remove workers from their health plans during these labor disputes, leaving striking or locked-out workers without health coverage during vulnerable periods. The legislation amends the National Labor Relations Act to make this practice an unfair labor practice. Employers who violate the rule face civil penalties of up to $75,000 per violation during lockouts and $50,000 per violation during strikes, with penalties doubling to $150,000 and $100,000 respectively if the violation involves employee discharge or serious economic harm and the employer has committed similar violations within the past five years. The bill also allows the National Labor Relations Board to hold company directors and officers personally liable if they directed the violation or knew about it but failed to prevent it.
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