The House, after announcing going on recess, instead went behind locked doors and created H.R.1319 ...

[aggiesal]

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H.R. 1319 - To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act
This will clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes.

What this bill will do, is to redefine if your an employee.or.a contract worker.
Why does this matter?

Because if you suddenly become a contract worker, you will lose your medical benefits through your company, and you'll have to get your medical benefits on your own.
You're company is no longer liable to pay any payroll taxes like SS, Medicare/Medicaid & Unemployment benefits. All that now falls on you to make all those payments along with paying your own taxes.
Last but not least, you'll no longer get paid for vacation benefits. If you want to take a vacation, you'll have to absorb all those costs on your own. No vacation pay at all.

Now, there is no doubt, the Senate (D)'s will block this, so it never see's the light of day.
But the insidious secrecy of the House (R)'s to announce a recess then go behind locked doors to come up with this bill is typical (R) move to avoid any news cycle.

Get in touch with your Rep. & Senator to block this bill.

Hop you can view this video.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMkrC6Tugft/?igsh=NzgyYTk0Y2YyNg%3D%3D


Here is the wording of the Bill. It's not that long.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1319/text

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. This affects OSHA regulations too. NT

[Baitball Blogger]

2. How can they shut down the House to avoid a vote on the Epstein list and still

pass legislation behind closed doors? Is this a shadow government now?

[unblock]

4. i don't think they passed this, they just created it. committees can still operate during a recess.

the house can't actually pass anything during a recess, but all kinds of other activities can continue.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Okay, thank you.

BTW, does that mean that House Oversight Committee will be able to review the Epstein List once they get it from the DOJ?

https://www.newsweek.com/jeffrey-epstein-files-subpeona-doj-full-list-republicans-2103209

[unblock]

8. I'm sure they'll be washing their hair that day.

But yes, if they wanted to, they could.

[usonian]

9. Oversight.

oversight
noun
uk. /ˈəʊ.və.saɪt/
us /ˈoʊ.vɚ.saɪt/
oversight noun (MISTAKE)


a mistake made because of a failure to notice something:
They claimed it was simply (an) oversight.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a mistake

mistake It was just a silly mistake - no need to apologize.
error He admitted that he'd made an error.
blunder The company was struggling after a series of financial blunders.
slip It was an understandable slip.
mix-up There was a mix-up with the bags at the airport.
gaffe I made a real gaffe by calling her "Emma", which is the name of his previous girlfriend.

and other meanings ...

[dweller]

3. So , would a 'contract worker' be someone

Whose employment is defined by a set time , such as 2 years , or 4 years or 6 years ?
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[aggiesal]

5. Currently a contractor can only work for a set period of time, determined by the employee ...

Most companies set that at 12 months, some at 18 months & very few at 24 months.

[Bristlecone]

7. Perhaps also a way to expand pass-through income

[aggiesal]

10. What is pass-through income? n/t

[Bristlecone]

21. Older article, but the second paragraph is what I was referring to

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-pass-through-deduction-is-tilted-heavily-to-the-wealthy-is-costly-and#:~:text=The%202017%20tax%20law%20created,applies%20to%20wages%20and%20salaries.

[FirstLight]

11. feels more sinister than that ...

Wouldn't this also allow the corporations who will be 'renting out' detainees for labor to declare them contract workers...? therefore the corporations can get kickbacks and slave labor becomes legal?

[erronis]

14. Could be in the plan. That's a pretty dark place to go, so expect them to be thinking of it.

[mdbl]

12. "Now, there is no doubt, the Senate (D)'s will block this"

I hope you're right. Otherwise it's game over for anyone wanting a decent job under a responsible employer.

[Wild blueberry]

13. Called my rep

Well, so-called representative. He only represents himself.
Tom Tiffany, northern Wisconsin, has fantasies of running for governor. Blecch!
Thank you for this information.

[llmart]

15. My stupid rep is Lisa McClain in Michigan.

She's too busy writing legislation to "define what a woman is". I'm not kidding you. I'm sure it's all about keeping transgender people out of sports, but what a piece of work she is.

[BoRaGard]

16. "Ha ha. American worker-bee suckers. Ha ha." - G.O.P., Inc

[not fooled]

17. "But we gave you racism and hatred of LGBQT+ people

so let us rob you blind."

Too bad so many 'Muricans fall for this scam.

[hadEnuf]

18. So then we are all subcontractors and we have to negotiate our own rates?

That will work out great for menial, general labor or practically any other job.

These motherfuckers are out to destroy everything from the last 100+ years that was enacted to help keep workers from practically being owned & poorly paid slaves.

Labor & unions need to get off of their asses and quit trying to make deals with this evil bastard Trump. There is NO negotiating with him or his people because they will renege on every single solitary promise. They are trying to take away job protections so basic and so old & critical that people don't even know they exist.

MAGAs are not patriots or rugged individualists. They want corporations to nursemaid them for their every need. They are cowards and pussies who are terrified of self-governance.

[Wiz Imp]

19. The video is wrong. It was not passed by the house, only in committee.

It was first introduced in the House back in February. This wasn't the nefarious hidden action it's being made out to be.

Also, there is a difference between an independent contractor and a contract worker.

If a company hires temporary workers from a temp help firm, those are contract workers, not independent contractors. They are technically employees of the temp help firm.

An independent contractor has no connection to an individual company.

It's also not clear that all of the listed consequences would apply to all affected workers. I believe all states have their own Labor Standards Acts which vary from state to state and are definitely not all consistent with this proposed bill. It's completely unclear how this bill would impact each state's own Labor Standards laws.

[aggiesal]

20. Thanks for the background ...

I didn't say it passed, only that they had created it.
What you say about contract workers and independent contractors is correct.
But I've worked as a technical contractor for about 20 years, and companies do go
to placement agencies with their contracts, but some company bypass the placement
agencies and want to go Corp-to-Corp.
It's my opinion that this is the direction they are going.