118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1261Save Local Business Act

A bill to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Labor and employment
Introduced Apr 25, 2023
Last action Apr 25, 2023
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Apr 25, 2023
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Referred
Apr 25, 2023
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Apr 25, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.