S. 338: Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021
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S. 338: Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-22 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021
Plain summary
Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021 This bill temporarily permits digital marketplace companies (e.g., Lyft, DoorDash, Airbnb, etc.) to provide benefits to workers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic without such actions establishing those workers as employees or independent contractors or establishing the company as a joint employer under federal, state, or local laws. This bill applies to digital marketplace companies that provide, among other things, financial assistance, health benefits, training, health checks and personal protective equipment to individuals working through such marketplaces during the period beginning on March 15, 2020, and ending on the later of December 31, 2021, or the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Official text
Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · 2 cosponsors
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Tim Scott (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s338.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s338 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117