Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act
This bill prevents employers from dropping health insurance coverage for workers during lawful strikes or lockouts. It prohibits employers from terminating group health plans (employer-sponsored insurance) for employees participating in strikes or during employer-imposed lockouts. Employers violating this rule face civil penalties up to $75,000 per violation for lockouts ($150,000 for repeat offenses), and up to $50,000 for strikes ($100,000 for repeat offenses). The penalties apply regardless of other remedies the National Labor Relations Board may order.
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Introduction
Mar 2023
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Introduced Mar 8, 2023
Last action Mar 8, 2023
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Mar 8, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Mar 8, 2023
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
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Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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John Fetterman
DDemocratic
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Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
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Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
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Robert P. Casey, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Sheldon Whitehouse
DDemocratic
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