Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Feb 25, 2019)
Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2020, on a competitive basis, to states, local governments, or nonprofit organizations to support broad innovation and experimentation with respect to portable benefits.
Portable benefits are work-related benefits that are provided to workers who are not traditional full-time employees in a manner that allows the worker to maintain the benefits upon changing jobs.
The grants must be used for (1) the evaluation, or improvement to the design or implementation, of existing models or approaches for providing portable benefits; or (2) the design, implementation, and evaluation of new models or approaches for providing such benefits. The grants may not be used for a model or approach that provides only retirement-related benefits.
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill.
What just happenedFeb 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateFeb 25, 2019
- Feb 25, 2019IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Feb 25, 2019IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate