Independent Contractor Anti-Discrimination Protections

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2023-09-05 — Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2023: The Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2023 was introduced and referred to committee and would extend federal workplace anti-discrimination protections to independent contractors, expanding their protections and corresponding obligations for businesses engaging them if enacted; the finding does not establish enactment. (novelty: 2)
2021-08-31 — Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2021: The Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2021, introduced but not established here as enacted, would extend Title VII, ADA, ADEA, GINA, and FLSA protections to independent contractors, expanding their discrimination and wage protections and corresponding obligations for businesses engaging them. (novelty: 3)