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House advances S.102 to broaden workplace protections, add card‑check option and create agricultural labor study commission
Summary
S.102 would bar employers from disciplining employees who decline meetings whose primary purpose is to communicate the employer's political or religious opinions, removes the exemption for domestic workers, and establishes an agricultural worker study commission; the House reported the bill and ordered third reading.
Lawmakers considered S.102, an act expanding employment protections and collective bargaining rights. Committee reporters outlined three principal changes: prohibiting employers from penalizing employees who decline attendance at meetings whose primary purpose is to communicate the employer's opinion about political or religious matters; removing the exemption for…
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