Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 431.
This bill changes the federal rules for deciding whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. It makes it easier for companies to classify workers as independent contractors, which means those workers would not get minimum wage protections, overtime pay, or the right to form a union under federal law. If this passes, many workers currently treated as employees could be reclassified, losing key workplace protections.
Millions of workers , from delivery drivers to construction laborers , could lose minimum wage guarantees, overtime pay, and the right to unionize if companies reclassify them as independent contractors under this bill's simpler, easier-to-meet standard.