Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 24, 2013)
Justice for Wards Cove Workers Act - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to remove a provision excluding from application of the Act any disparate impact case filed before March 1, 1975, and decided after October 30, 1983. (Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio, 1989, held that, in cases brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove an employer had no business necessity for a practice with discriminatory effects.) Applies the amendments made by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to a case that is subject to the removed provision in the same way such amendments apply to any other case brought under the employment discrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What just happenedJul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 24, 2013
- Jul 8, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 14, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- May 24, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- May 24, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- May 24, 2013IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E763)
- May 24, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 24, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House