HR 5918
114th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Employee leave
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Service industries
Telephone and wireless communication
Wages and earnings
To establish requirements for participants in the peer-to-peer economy to be considered independent contractors and not employees for purposes of several employment-related statutes.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jul 18, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 18, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill prohibits individuals operating in the peer-to-peer economy from being considered employees subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, and the National Labor Relations Act if they:
- are permitted to determine the hours during which they offer services to users,
- are subject to a quality-of-service evaluation of the services they furnish through a user-based rating system,
- furnish any service user with an electronic description of the transaction and the amount paid for it, and
- use their own tools or assets to furnish those services.
The bill defines "peer-to-peer economy" as the business of facilitating transactions between a user seeking a service and an individual furnishing the service using an online platform or software application running on a mobile device.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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