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S. 4366

Introduced

Know Your Labor Rights Act

Sponsor
RJosh Hawley· Missouri
Introduced
April 21, 2026
Policy area
Labor and Employment
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.April 21, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4366 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4366

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require employers to post 
notice regarding the rights and protections under that Act, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 21, 2026

Mr. Hawley (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require employers to post 
notice regarding the rights and protections under that Act, and for 
other purposes.

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 ``Know Your Labor Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

(a) Notice-Posting and Transparency.--Section 8 of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``(h) The Board shall promulgate regulations requiring each 
employer to post and maintain, in conspicuous places where notices to 
employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted both 
physically and electronically, a notice setting forth the rights and 
protections afforded employees under this Act. The Board shall readily 
make available to the public, including employers, the form and text of 
such notice at no cost on the website of the Board. The Board shall 
promulgate regulations requiring employers to notify each new employee 
of the information contained in the notice described in the preceding 
two sentences.''.
(b) Penalties.--Section 12 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 162) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Sec. 12. Any person'' and inserting the 
following:

``SEC. 12. PENALTIES.

``(a) Violations for Interference With Board.--Any person''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Violations for Posting Requirements.--If the Board, or any 
agent or agency designated by the Board for such purposes, determines 
that an employer has violated section 8(h) or regulations issued 
thereunder, the Board shall--
``(1) state the findings of fact supporting such 
determination;
``(2) issue and cause to be served on such employer an 
order requiring that such employer comply with section 8(h) or 
regulations issued thereunder; and
``(3) impose a civil penalty in an amount determined 
appropriate by the Board, except that in no case shall the 
amount of such penalty exceed $500 for each such violation.''.
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