HR 1320
Advanced toward a vote
Provides that offering portable benefits to a worker does not, by itself, make that worker an employee of the company providing them, under any federal law.
Official title: Modern Worker Security Act
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House
Introduced
13-FEB-2025
Referred
13-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
20-FEB-2026
On the calendar
20-FEB-2026
- Bars federal laws from treating a provider of portable benefits as an employer merely because it offers those benefits to a worker
- Defines benefits broadly to include workers' compensation, health insurance, retirement savings, paid leave, and skills training that a worker keeps regardless of continued work for the same company
- Covers contributions made by the company, the worker, or both toward those benefits
- Takes effect on the date of enactment and is cited as the Modern Worker Security Act
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