S. 4366Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Know Your Labor Rights Act

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The Know Your Labor Rights Act amends the National Labor Relations Act to require every employer to display a clear notice about employees' rights and protections under the NLRA. The notice must be posted in places where workers and job applicants normally see postings, both in physical form and online, and new hires must be informed of its contents. The Act also adds a civil penalty of up to $500 for employers who fail to comply.

Key Provisions

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) must issue regulations that force employers to post a standardized notice about NLRA rights in conspicuous physical and electronic locations.
The NLRB must provide the notice form and text for free on its website.
Employers must notify each new employee of the information contained in the posted notice.
Employers who violate the posting requirement can be ordered to comply and may be fined up to $500 per violation.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

April 21, 2026

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April 21, 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

April 21, 2026

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Introduced in SenateIssued April 21, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4366

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Know Your Labor Rights Act.

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:

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.