To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that tasks and services performed by certain individuals in postsecondary vocational institutions not be treated as employment.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Excludes certain tasks and services required by postsecondary vocational institutions for credential completion from the Fair Labor Standards Act's definition of employment.
Who Benefits and How
Postsecondary vocational institutions could face less wage-and-hour exposure for required training tasks tied to credential completion.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Students performing required tasks could lose potential employee-status wage protections for that work.
Key Provisions
- Excludes required credential-completion tasks and services at covered postsecondary vocational institutions from the FLSA definition of employee.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Excludes certain tasks and services required by postsecondary vocational institutions for credential completion from the Fair Labor Standards Act's definition of employment.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor
Primary Purpose
Excludes certain tasks and services required by postsecondary vocational institutions for credential completion from the Fair Labor Standards Act's definition of employment.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Postsecondary vocational institutions structuring credential-related training tasks
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Students who would not be treated as employees for covered required tasks
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Moolenaar introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Postsecondary vocational institutions avoiding wage-and-hour liability for covered training tasks
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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