[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E810-E811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      INTRODUCTION OF THE PROTECTING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS FROM 
                           DISCRIMINATION ACT

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 5, 2023

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce the Protecting 
Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act, which would extend to 
independent contractors the same federal antidiscrimination protections 
provided to employees. This bill would extend the following 
antidiscrimination statutes, which apply to employees, to independent 
contractors: Title VII of

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the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act 
of 1967, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 505 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.
  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 7 percent 
of workers are considered independent contractors. Independent 
contractors, who often do the same work as employees, have almost none 
of the workplace protections provided to employees, including health 
insurance, collective bargaining, retirement security and even 
antidiscrimination. This bill focuses only on discrimination, from 
which every worker is entitled to be free.

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