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Modern Worker Empowerment Act

S. 2228 Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) In committee
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  1. Introduced Jul 9
  2. Committee Jul 9
  3. Passed Senate Next
  4. Passed House Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Jul 9, 2025Next: Senate vote
475d ago Jul 9, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Final votes
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Summary

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to change how the terms 'employee' and 'employ' are defined, aligning them with common law rules.

Sec. 2, Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee: The bill modifies the definition of 'employee' in section 3(e)(1) to add that it is determined under the usual common law rules. It also amends the definition of 'employ' in section 3(g) to insert 'an employee' after the word 'permit'.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in Senate (Jul 9, 2025), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.