Sec. 303. Interagency task force on domestic workers bill of rights enforcement
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There is established an Interagency Task Force on Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Enforcement (referred to in this section as the Task Force ). The Task Force shall consist of— representatives of the Department of Labor selected by the Secretary, including representatives of the Wage and Hour Division, representatives of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and representatives of the Office of the Solicitor of Labor; representatives of the Department of Health and Human Services selected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including representatives of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and representatives of the Administration for Community Living; and representatives of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, selected by the Commission.
The Task Force shall hold its first meeting by not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall— examine the issues and challenges facing domestic employees who come forward to enforce their workplace rights; identify challenges agencies enforcing these workplace rights have in reaching domestic employees and enforcing such rights, including by conducting hearings in each of the regions served by the regional offices of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor to hear directly from domestic employees, advocates, and officials or employees of such agencies in the regional and local areas; and develop a set of recommendations, including sample legislative language, on the best enforcement strategies to protect the workplace rights of domestic employees, including— how to reach, and enforce the rights of, domestic employees; ways for Federal agencies to work together or conduct joint enforcement of workplace rights for domestic employees, as domestic employees who experience one type of violation are likely also experiencing other types of violations; and ways the Task Force can work with State and local enforcement agencies on the enforcement of workplace rights for domestic employees.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the first meeting of the Task Force, the Task Force shall prepare and submit a report to Congress regarding the recommendations described in paragraph (1)(C). For a period of not more than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall carry out such actions as the Task Force determines necessary to support joint enforcement by Federal agencies of violations of the rights of domestic employees. At the end of the 3-year period described in subparagraph (A), the Task Force shall submit a report to Congress regarding the efficacy of such joint enforcement.
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Task Force shall— conduct an audit of the Federal enforcement strategies relating to the rights of domestic employees; and prepare and submit to Congress a report regarding the results of the audit. Upon the request of the Secretary, the Task Force shall review, and provide recommendations regarding, the applications for community-based enforcement grants under section 305.