Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or RAISE Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3221 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 411
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3221
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay
higher wages to their employees.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 22, 2012
Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Risch, Mr. Thune, Mr.
Lee, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. McConnell)
introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
May 23, 2012
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay
higher wages to their employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Rewarding Achievement and
Incentivizing Successful Employees Act'' or the ``RAISE Act''.
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF HIGHER WAGES.
Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a))
is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Notwithstanding a labor organization's exclusive
representation of employees in a unit, or the terms and conditions of
any collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, nothing
in either--
``(A) section 8(a)(1) or section 8(a)(5), or
``(B) a collective bargaining contract or agreement renewed
or entered into after the date of enactment of the RAISE Act,
shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee in the unit greater
wages, pay, or other compensation for, or by reason of, his or her
services as an employee of such employer, than provided for in such
contract or agreement.''.
Calendar No. 411
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3221
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay
higher wages to their employees.
_______________________________________________________________________
May 23, 2012
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
Introduced in Senate
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411.
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