To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require an employer to notify the parent or guardian of an employee who is under the age of 18 or handicapped and who works at the same facility as an individual who has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a crime of violence.

May 16, 2001

Mr. FROST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require an employer to notify the parent or guardian of an employee who is under the age of 18 or handicapped and who works at the same facility as an individual who has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a crime of violence.

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 `Amy Robinson Memorial Act'.

SEC. 2. NOTICE TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN THAT MINOR OR HANDICAPPED EMPLOYEE WORKS WITH INDIVIDUAL WITH A RECORD OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE.

Section 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(e)(1) The Secretary shall by regulation require that an employer provide prompt written notice to the parent or guardian of an employee if--

`(A)(i) the employee has not attained eighteen years of age or is employed under a special certificate issued under subsection (c) for earning or productive capacity impaired by physical or mental deficiency, or injury; or

`(ii) the employer knows or reasonably should know that the earning or productive capacity of the employee is impaired by physical or mental deficiency, or injury;

`(B) another individual who has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code) performs work at the same facility as the employee; and

`(C) the employer--

`(i) employs the other individual; or

`(ii) knows or reasonably should know of the conviction.

`(2) The notice under paragraph (1) shall contain an identification of the facility, a statement that an individual who has been convicted of a crime of violence performs work at the facility, and an identification of each such crime of violence.'.

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