Freelance Worker Protection Act

The Freelance Worker Protection Act governs the relationship between freelance workers — independent contractors engaged to supply products or services — and the parties that hire them, principally by requiring that such engagements be set out in a contract and that freelancers be paid the compensation they are owed. It also prohibits discrimination against freelance workers and gives them recourse when those obligations are breached, through both a complaint procedure before an enforcing agency and civil enforcement in court. Supporting provisions direct the responsible agency to conduct public awareness efforts, issue implementing rules, and report on how the law is working.

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