2017: Fitzpatrick Voted To Overturn An Obama-Era Joint Employer Rule
That Said A Subcontractor Was An Employee If The Firm Had Indirect
Control Over The Employee. In November 2017, Fitzpatrick voted for
legislation that would have, according to Congressional Quarterly,
"define[d] a joint employer as an entity with actual, direct and
immediate control over employees, with significant control over
essential terms of employment such as hiring, determining pay and
benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, and assigning individual
work schedules." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a
vote of 242 to 181. The Senate took no substantive action on the
legislation. [House Vote 614,
11/7/17; Congressional
Quarterly, 11/7/17;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
3441]