Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Protecting America’s Workers Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Coverage of public employees, authorized employee representatives, voluntary emergency responders, and application of Act Sec. 101. Coverage of public employees. Sec. 102. Authorized employee representatives. Sec. 103. Application of Act. Title II—Increasing Whistleblower Protections Sec. 201. Enhanced protections from retaliation.
Title III—Improving Reporting, Inspection, and Enforcement Part A—Duties and Standards Sec. 301. General duty of employers. Sec. 302. Occupational safety and health standards. Part B—Inspections, Investigations, and Recordkeeping Sec. 311. Posting of employee rights. Sec. 312. Employer reporting of work-related injuries, illness, deaths, and hospitalizations; prohibition on discouraging employee reporting. Sec. 313. No loss of employee pay for inspections. Sec. 314. Investigations of fatalities and significant incidents.
Sec. 315. Recordkeeping. Part C—Citations Sec. 321. Period for issuance of a citation. Sec. 322. Prohibition on unclassified citations. Part D—Rights of Victims and Families Sec. 331. Rights of Victims and Families. Part E—Procedure for Enforcement Sec. 341. Right to contest citations and penalties. Sec. 342. Correction of serious, willful, or repeated violations pending contest and procedures for a stay. Sec. 343. Inaction by the Review Commission. Sec. 344. Conforming amendments.
Part F—Penalties Sec. 351. Civil penalties. Sec. 352. Criminal penalties. Sec. 353. Prejudgment interest. Title IV—State Plans Sec. 401. Concurrent enforcement authority and review of State occupational safety and health plans. Sec. 402. Evaluation of repeated violations in State plans. Title V—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Sec. 501. Health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Sec. 502. Training and employee education.
Title VI—Effective date Sec. 601. Effective date.