Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

Bill: 114-s-2686
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2016-03-15
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-16
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow two or more employers to be considered joint employers for purposes of the Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 394 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2686 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2016 Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mr. McConnell , Mr. Isakson , Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Burr , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Coats , Mr. Cochran , Ms. Collins , Mr. Corker , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Daines , Mr. Enzi , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Flake , Mr. Gardner , Mr. Graham , Mr. Hatch , Mr. Heller , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Johnson , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Lee , Mr. McCain , Mr. Moran , Mr. Perdue , Mr. Risch , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Rounds , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Scott , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Shelby , Mr. Thune , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Vitter , and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time March 16, 2016 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act . 2. Treatment of joint employers Section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, two or more employers may be considered joint employers for purposes of this Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate. .

March 16, 2016 Read the second time and placed on the calendar