
Seal of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Changes the definition of “joint employer” in the National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act.
Official Summary
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee 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 (including hiring employees, 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).
Amendments
Amended in committee.
Sponsors
Original sponsor: Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1]
Votes
Passed House: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll614.xml