Adriano Espaillat: “By amending the Fair Labor Standards Act's broad definition of ``employ'' and creating a new extremely narrow definition…”

“By amending the Fair Labor Standards Act's broad definition of ``employ'' and creating a new extremely narrow definition of ``joint employer,'' H.R. 3441 upends the Fair Labor Standards Act's joint employer framework upon which we rely on. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a statement from Farmworker Justice in opposition to this bill. Statememt on ``Save Local Business Act,'' House Education and Workforce Committee--Bruce Goldstein, President, Farmworker Justice, October 2, 2017 Farmworker Justice appreciates the opportunity to submit this statement to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Farmworker Justice, a national advocacy, education and litigation organization for farmworkers founded in 1981 and based in Washington, D.C. Farmworker Justice has played a leading role in advocacy, education and litigation regarding the joint employer concept to remedy and prevent labor abuses. I am President of Farmworker Justice and have 37 years of experience as an attorney, including at the National Labor Relations Board, Legal Services, in private practice and at this organization. Farmworker Justice opposes the ``Save Local Business Act,'' HR 3441 because it would remove an important mechanism to protect farmworkers and other low-wage workers from suffering violations of the minimum wage and child labor requirements. The bill would make it extremely difficult to hold two businesses jointly liable as ``joint employers'' of the same worker or group of workers.…”