Washington, D.C., June 25, 2018 – On this day 80 years ago, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
BLS Data Confirm Need for Prompt Enactment of Harmonization Bill
Washington, D.C., June 7, 2018 – Data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”), in its report titled CONTINGENT AND ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS — MAY 2017, confirm that independent contractors “overwhelmingly prefer their work arrangement (79 percent) to traditional jobs.”
Bill Would Dramatically Expand Definitions of ‘Employee’ and ‘Joint Employer’ For Purposes of NLRA
The terms “employee” and “joint employer” for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (“NLRA”) would be given new – and more expansive – definitions by the Workplace Democracy Act, introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives on May 9, 2018, as S. 2810 and H.R. 5728, respectively.
Coalition Submits Statement for the Record to House Ways and Means Committee
The Coalition submitted a Statement for the Record concerning a May 16, 2018, hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means titled Hearing Series on Tax Reform: Growing Our Economy and Creating Jobs.
California Dynamex Decision Demonstrates Need for Harmonization
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of California – adopting a difficult-to-satisfy statutory “ABC” test to determine an individual’s status, as an employee or independent contractor, for purposes of certain “wage orders” issued by California’s Industrial Welfare Commission – demonstrates an urgent need for harmonizing the definition of “employee” for purposes of federal and state laws.