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HR 1523
Modern Worker Empowerment Act
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Bill overview
Modern Worker Empowerment Act This bill requires the use of common law rules for defining an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Generally, an individual is an employee under common law rules when an employer controls what work will be done and how it will be done, among other factors.
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Primary sponsor
Elise M. Stefanik
HouseNYRepublicanDistrict 21
Cosponsors
Carol D. Miller
HouseWVRepublicanDistrict 3
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
HouseWARepublicanDistrict 5
Debbie Lesko
HouseAZRepublicanDistrict 8
Kevin Hern
HouseOKRepublicanDistrict 1
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