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Committee hearing turns to regulation: joint‑employer, independent‑contractor, overtime threshold and proposed OSHA heat standard
Summary
Witnesses and members debated whether recent federal rules on joint‑employer, independent contractor classification, overtime salary threshold and a proposed OSHA heat injury rule hamper hiring and small businesses or protect workers — a core ideological divide at the March 12 hearing.
At a full committee hearing March 12, witnesses and members detailed competing views on whether recent federal rules and proposed rules have constrained hiring, reduced entrepreneurship, or protected worker safety.
Rosanna Maietta, president and CEO of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), told the panel that the hotel industry remains "down nearly 200,000 employees" since the pandemic and urged Congress to restore the "traditional standard" for joint‑employer liability. Maietta said the industry supports passage of the Save Local Business Act to codify a narrower joint‑employer standard and protect franchise entrepreneurship. "Clarity and certainty is needed in business," she…
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