In advance of a hearing set to take place on July 22 in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, PIA joined fellow insurance and financial trade groups in a letter to committee leadership expressing concerns about S. 420, The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act would reform current …
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PIA Opposes Narrowing “Independent Contractor” Definition for Unemployment Insurance
PIA is raising concerns about the draft legislative text of the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act, which is being championed by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and addresses unemployment insurance reform. Specifically, the discussion draft would require states to use the “ABC test” to determine whether a worker is considered an …
Employment Status of Independent Agents Threatened
On March 9, the U.S. House passed H.R. 842, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, mostly along party lines, as expected. The PRO Act’s intention is to reform current labor law in a variety of areas. For PIA members, the bill’s most significant provision would amend the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. …
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