; (4) provide for stronger remedies for employees who face retaliation, discrimination, or other interference with the legal right of the employees to engage in collective action; (5) provide for penalties against employers who violate the rights of employees to engage in collective action, in order to act as a meaningful deterrent against violating the law; and (6) streamline the enforcement procedures of the National Labor Relations Board to provide for more timely and effective enforcement of the law. 4. Strengthening remedies and enforcement for employees exercising their rights at work (a) Backpay Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 160(c) ) is amended by striking And provided further , and inserting Provided further , That if the Board finds that an employer has discriminated against an employee in violation of paragraph (3) or (4) of section 8(a) or has committed a violation of section 8(a) that results in the discharge of an employee or other serious economic harm to an employee, the Board shall award the employee back pay and an additional amount as liquidated damages equal to 2 times the amount of such back pay, without any reduction (including any reduction based on the employee’s interim earnings or failure to earn interim earnings): Provided further, . (b) Civil 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) Civil penalties for violations of 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), the Board shall— (1) state the findings of fact supporting such determination