Senate Bill 1636
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Save Local Business Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 13, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1636
Congress
117
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
Roger Marshall
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Kansas
Florida
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Tennessee
Texas
Wyoming
Wyoming
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Save Local Business Act
This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.
May 13, 2021
05/13/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
05/13/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 8, 2023 8:12:33 PM