1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act” or the “RAISE Act”.
Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act
A BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.
2. Payment of higher wages
Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)) is amended—
by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Notwithstanding a labor organization’s exclusive representation of employees in a unit, or the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, nothing in either—
“(A) section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(5), or
“(B) a collective bargaining contract or agreement renewed or entered into after the date of enactment of the RAISE Act,”