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Amends section 3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 203) to replace the existing cash-wage/tip-credit language for tipped employees with a new multi-year schedule starting at $3.60 per hour for the first year and providing for specified annual increases until the tipped cash wage equals the standard minimum wage; also alters provisions regarding retention of tips and employer notice, and adds language enabling a scheduled repeal of the separate tipped minimum wage.
Amends section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 206) by adding a new subsection (h) requiring the Secretary of Labor to publish, at least 60 days prior to the effective date, notice in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor website announcing increases in the required wage determined under subclause (II) or (III) of section 3(m)(2)(A)(i); the section later provides for subsections added here to be struck as part of the scheduled repeal mechanism tied to parity of the tipped wage and the standard minimum wage.
Amends section 201(a)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act (2 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1)) by replacing the plain term "sex" with an expanded formulation: "sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotype, sex characteristics, and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions)" and by adding rules of construction applying specified Title VII provisions to that title.
Modifies Title VII statutory text by inserting new definitions and rules (including definitions for gender identity and sexual orientation), expanding the statutory meaning of "sex" to include sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotype, sex characteristics, and pregnancy/childbirth-related conditions, and adding a codified "workplace harassment" unlawful-practice subsection with standards for evaluating such harassment; also amends related Title VII provisions (e.g., provisions implementing remedies and employment-by-Federal-Government protections) to reflect the expanded definition.
Replaces the text of section 8(e) to specify that it is an unfair labor practice for an employer to (1) include agreements (express or implied) that require an employee not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or support any joint, class, or collective claim arising from employment; (2) coerce employees into making such promises; or (3) retaliate or threaten retaliation against employees for refusing to make such promises.
Modifies section 10(b) by striking the word "discharge" and inserting an expanded text that preserves the six-month statute of limitations but provides that, for charges alleging a violation of section 8(e) involving a postdispute arbitration agreement meeting the requirements under section 502(a)(2) of title 9, the six-month period is computed from the day the waiting period described in subparagraph (C) of that section ends.
Adds a new chapter to title 9 addressing arbitration of work disputes and includes technical and conforming amendments to existing sections of title 9 (sections 1, 2, 208, and 307 are amended as described). The new chapter sets statutory rules limiting enforceability of certain arbitration provisions for employment-related collective/class claims.
Amends Section 706(e)/(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to expand filing/charge lookback and statutory limitation periods, replacing prior 180-day and 300-day periods and 2-year lookback language with 4-year and 4 years + 120 days timeframes.
Amends Section 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to modify remedy/relief language for certain motivating-factor claims and to revise timing provisions consistent with extended limitation periods (subsection references to mixed-motive/motivating-factor remedies are adjusted).
Adds new subsection language to Section 717 (Title VII federal-employee provision) making mixed-motive/motivating-factor provisions applicable to mixed-motive cases under that section and aligning remedies accordingly.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced February 12, 2026 by Patty Murray · Last progress February 12, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate