18. Department of Labor and Related Agencies · Minor · Needs Congress
Create a safe harbor for firms offering independent workers earned benefits
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“Congress should provide a safe harbor from employer-employee status for companies that offer independent workers access to earned benefits. Doing so would increase access among independent contractors to traditional pooled workplace benefits such as health care and retirement savings accounts.”
What has happened
- Not started
The Modern Worker Security Act (H.R. 1320) is titled "To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person" — the safe harbor the Quote asks for, for firms that offer independent workers access to earned benefits. It was reported and placed on the Union Calendar (Calendar No. 432) on 2026-02-20 and has had no floor vote.
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Research notes
- §3b: reported and calendared is not started, with the committee action named.
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bills.ndjson; the pair H.R. 1319 / H.R. 1320 corresponds to #1625 and this item respectively.
- Action
- create
- Object
- Safe harbor from employer-employee status
- ID
- 1626