Set a bright-line test for employee versus contractor
What the document says“Congress should establish a bright-line test—based on the level of control an individual exercises over his or her work”
The chapter says businesses and workers must navigate many different definitions of employee and independent contractor across employment, compensation, tort, tax and pension law, which causes confusion, misclassification and costly litigation. It asks that the department and the labor board return to their 2019 and 2021 independent contractor rules and that Congress provide a safe harbor for companies offering independent workers access to earned benefits.
What the document actually says“Congress should establish a bright-line test—based on the level of control an individual exercises over his or her work”
Congress should set one clear test. It would turn on how much control a person has over the work.
A worker can be an employee or a contractor. The rules for telling them apart differ by law. The book wants one clear test.
Read against the documents indexed here on August 26, 2026, and nothing was found that answers this. Nothing indexed comes close. No indexed rule, law or order sets a test for whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, returns the Labor Department or the labor board to their 2019 and 2021 rules, or creates a safe harbor. The candidates share only common words with the proposal. That is a record of a search, not a finding that nothing has happened: an act this site does not hold, or one that answers the proposal in words unlike its own, would not be caught by it.