Modern Worker Empowerment Act
Summary
Modern Worker Empowerment Act This bill requires the use of common law rules for defining an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Generally, an individual is an employee under common law rules when an employer controls what work will be done and how it will be done, among other factors.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Mar 2, 2021
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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