Title VII and Civil Rights Protections for Independent Contractors

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2023-09-05 — Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2023: cross-connection with independent-contractor-anti-discrimination: The proposal connects these pages through the question of extending federal workplace civil rights protections to independent contractors rather than limiting coverage to employees. (novelty: 2)
2021-08-31 — Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2021: The Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2021, introduced legislation, would extend Title VII, ADA, ADEA, GINA, and FLSA protections to independent contractors, broadening federal workplace discrimination protections and wage standards without establishing those changes as current law. (novelty: 3)