To improve accountability of senior officials and other supervisory employees of the Department of Labor.
USA115th CongressHR-4703| House
| Updated: 12/20/2017
Lloyd Smucker
Republican Representative
Pennsylvania
Education and Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend, demote, or remove certain employees for poor performance or misconduct. It establishes requirements and procedures with respect to such adverse personnel actions, including the following: appeal rights, grievances arising from an adverse personnel action, recoupment of relocation expenses, and recoupment of bonuses and awards.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEmployment discrimination and employee rightsEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsPerformance measurementTransportation costs
To improve accountability of senior officials and other supervisory employees of the Department of Labor.
USA115th CongressHR-4703| House
| Updated: 12/20/2017
Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to suspend, demote, or remove certain employees for poor performance or misconduct. It establishes requirements and procedures with respect to such adverse personnel actions, including the following: appeal rights, grievances arising from an adverse personnel action, recoupment of relocation expenses, and recoupment of bonuses and awards.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Lloyd Smucker
Republican Representative
Pennsylvania
Education and Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEmployment discrimination and employee rightsEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsPerformance measurementTransportation costs