S. 1081 · 115th Congress
WORK Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Bernie Sanders
- Introduced
- 2017-05-10
- Latest action
- 2017-05-10 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act or the WORK Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to: (1) establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) establish a program that may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training to encourage new and existing state programs to foster employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking.