S. 664 · 116th Congress
Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act
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BrownSponsor8 cosponsors · 7 D, 1 I
8 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definitions of "employee" and "supervisor" under that Act to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors in order to deny them collective bargaining rights.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 5, 2019
Protecting Workers' Freedom to Organize Act
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definitions of "employee" and "supervisor" under that Act to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors in order to deny them collective bargaining rights. An individual performing any services is deemed to be an employee and not an independent contractor unless such individual is free from control and direction in the performance of such services, the services are performed outside the usual course of the employer's business, and the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established business.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act
Latest action (Mar 5, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 5, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.