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Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021

Introduced: February 22, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Feb 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021

This bill temporarily permits digital marketplace companies (e.g., Lyft, DoorDash, Airbnb, etc.) to provide benefits to workers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic without such actions establishing those workers as employees or independent contractors or establishing the company as a joint employer under federal, state, or local laws.

This bill applies to digital marketplace companies that provide, among other things, financial assistance, health benefits, training, health checks and personal protective equipment to individuals working through such marketplaces during the period beginning on March 15, 2020, and ending on the later of December 31, 2021, or the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

What's happening now February 22, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2