Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 664
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Protecting Workers’ Freedom to Organize Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 5, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 5, 2019
Latest Action
Mar 5, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
664
Congress
116
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
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Ohio
Democrat
Illinois
Democrat
Minnesota
Democrat
New Jersey
Democrat
Washington
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Wisconsin
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
03/05/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
03/05/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:17:27 PM