21st Century Worker Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, 21st Century Worker Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Healthcare, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 21st Century Worker Act.
- Section id4F8A13247BBA4F1693111E13D20A1F63: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section id5ad2a0cd419e4ff6aa2680d66f9bc759: 101. Definitions In this title: The term bona fide sole proprietor means a service provider payee who— has entered into a written contract governing the terms...
- Section idc8a2e13b7cba4ff097ab4809a9ab2a11: 102. Classification For purposes of this title, a service provider payee shall be classified as either an employee or an independent contractor in accordance...
- Section idc1a725824b2b4a49a928fa5217f1892b: 103. Mandatory independent contractor classification A service provider payee shall be classified as an independent contractor if the service provider payee—...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, 21st Century Worker Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Healthcare, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, 21st Century Worker Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Sponsors
Mike Lee
R-UT | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
each of the following: The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), including subsections (b) and (f) of section 11, and section 15(a), of such Act (29 U.S.C. 630(b) and (f)
an economic relationship between a service recipient payor and a service provider payee where— the service provider payee is a natural person
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