Modern Worker Security Act

Benefits ignored when classifying workers

If enacted, this bill would require federal agencies and courts to decide whether someone is an employee without counting any "benefit" the person receives. Benefits would include protections a worker keeps after stopping work and things commonly given to full‑time staff, like health insurance, paid leave, retirement, training, workers' compensation, disability, and short‑term savings. Employer, worker, or joint contributions toward those benefits would also be excluded. The change would start on the date of enactment and would make it easier for businesses to treat people as contractors, which would reduce some worker protections tied to employee status.