Emergency Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Act
United States116th CongressS-4276Senate
Updated: Jul 22, 2020
Summary
Emergency Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Act This bill establishes grants for states to provide workers in alternative work arrangements such as independent contractors, domestic workers, temporary workers, or self-employed individuals with portable, work-related benefits. Specifically, states must use such grants to address the state's administration of unemployment compensation and design and implement approaches to provide individuals in alternative work arrangements with benefits that may be maintained upon changing jobs including, but not limited to, paid leave, expanded unemployment compensation, and retirement savings options.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
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