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Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act

USA116th CongressS-664| Senate 
| Updated: 3/5/2019
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (8)
Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 5, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 5, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
  • S 116-1306: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
Contracts and agencyLabor-management relationsSelf-employed

Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act

USA116th CongressS-664| Senate 
| Updated: 3/5/2019
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.
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Timeline
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 5, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 5, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown

Democratic Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (8)
Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
  • S 116-1306: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Contracts and agencyLabor-management relationsSelf-employed