Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act
The Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act creates a new H-2C visa program for non-agricultural workers in jobs that remain unfilled after employers recruit U.S. workers. Employers must advertise positions for 30 days, pay prevailing wages, and register positions with the government before hiring H-2C workers, with a numerical cap of 65,000 positions in the first year. The bill includes worker protections against wage theft, prohibits treating workers as independent contractors, and requires employers to pay fees directly rather than deducting them from wages.
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Introduction
May 2023
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Introduced May 25, 2023
Last action May 25, 2023
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May 25, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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May 25, 2023
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1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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