Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4972
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-02-07
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination

Contracts and agency

Disability and health-based discrimination

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Genetics

Labor standards

Self-employed
Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill requires that independent contractors be treated as employees under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4972 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2018 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 to require that individuals who perform work for employers as independent contractors be treated as employees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2018 . 2. Amendments (a) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The first sentence of section 701(f) of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e(f) ) is amended by inserting or an individual who provides work for an employer under the terms of an independent contract with such employer, after employer, . (b) Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 The first sentence of section 11(f) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ( 29 U.S.C. 630(f) ) is amended by inserting , an individual who provides work for an employer under the terms of an independent contract with such employer, after employer . (c) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 206(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term employee includes an individual who provides work for an employer under the terms of an independent contract with such employer. . (d) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 The first sentence of section 101(4) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12111(4) ) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: or an individual who provides work for an employer under the terms of an independent contract with such employer . (e) Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Section 505(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794a(a)(1) ) is amended by inserting or any individual who provides work for an employer under the terms of an independent contract with such employer after applicant for employment . (f) Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 Section 201(2)(A) of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000ff(2)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking or at the end of clause (iv); (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (v) and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (vi) an individual who provides work for an employer under the terms of an independent contract with such employer. .