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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025
Protect the Gig Economy Act of 2025
This bill expands the list of preliminary requirements that must be satisfied before a class action lawsuit may be brought in federal court.
Specifically, before a party may bring a class action lawsuit in federal court, the court must first determine that a new, fifth requirement has been met: that the claim does not allege misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
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Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] · R–AZ
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
H.R. 100 would restrict access to federal class actions, which allow people to pursue claims together. It would add a condition excluding claims alleging that employees were wrongly classified as independent contractors—people treated as working for themselves. The proposed restriction concerns how these claims can be pursued together, rather than establishing a test for determining employment status.
2. Protecting the gig economy from class actions Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is amended—
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) the claim does not allege the misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
Section 1 gives the proposal the short title “Protect the Gig Economy Act of 2025.”
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect the Gig Economy Act of 2025.
Section 2 would add the restriction as a fifth condition in Rule 23(a), alongside the existing conditions. Its wording turns on whether a claim alleges employee misclassification, without requiring a finding that misclassification occurred. Despite the section's gig-economy heading, the added condition contains no industry limitation or express exception.
2. Protecting the gig economy from class actions Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) the claim does not allege the misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
The supplied action snapshot, updated March 7, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 3, 2025. It does not establish subsequent legislative action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2025-03-07T15:43:38Z. 2025-01-03: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-01-03: Introduced in House
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The proposal contains a claim-specific procedural protection directly related to its main subject. This classification is not a judgment about its justification.
Defendants facing claims that employees were misclassified as independent contractors would receive a targeted procedural protection: those allegations would prevent the claims from satisfying the proposed additional Rule 23(a) condition for class actions.
2. Protecting the gig economy from class actions Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is amended—
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) the claim does not allege the misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
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