[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2015 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2015

 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
                under the National Labor Relations Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2015

Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Isakson, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. 
 Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, 
Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Flake, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
Hatch, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Lankford, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
Moran, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
 Vitter, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
  Paul, and Mr. Scott) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
                under the National Labor Relations Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Local Business 
Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF JOINT EMPLOYERS.

    Section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, two or more employers may be considered 
joint employers for purposes of this Act only if each shares and 
exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and 
such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate.''.
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