,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #cdda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #h1  
#bjag,received  ,,an ,,act  ,to clarify 
the treatment of two or more employers  
as joint employers under the ,national  
,labor ,relations ,act and the ,fair    
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,save ,local ,business ,act4  #b4   
,clarification of joint employment  7a7 
,national ,labor ,relations ,act        
,section #b7b7 of the ,national ,labor  
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aeb7b77 
is amended--  7#a7 by striking ,the term
 employer and inserting 7,a7 ,the term  
employer2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following3  7,b7 ,a person may be  
considered a joint employer in relation 
to an employee only if such person      
directly1 actually1 and immediately1 and
 not in a limited and routine manner1   
exercises significant control over      
essential terms and conditions of       
employment1 such as hiring employees1   

discharging employees1 determining      
individual employee rates of pay and    
benefits1 day-to-day supervision of     
employees1 assigning individual work    
schedules1 positions1 and tasks1 or     
administering employee discipline4  4   
7b7 ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of     
#aich ,section #c7;d7 of the ,fair      
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi    
,u4,s4,c4 #bjc7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 by
 striking ,employer includes and        
inserting 7#a7 ,employer includes2 and  
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#b7 ,a person may be considered a    
joint employer in relation to an        
employee for purposes of this ,act only 
if such person meets the criteria set   
forth in section #b7b77;,b7 of the      
,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi   
,u4,s4,c4 #aeb7b77;,b774  4  ,passed the
 ,house of ,representatives ,november   
#g1 #bjag4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk