{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://jasonlewis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=117", "Lewis supports local job creators", "2017-11-07", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "MN", "Jason Lewis", "L000587", "jasonlewis.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jason Lewis (MN-02) issued the following statement after voting for the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441) as it passed the House today:\r\n\u201cSmall businesses in Minnesota provide invaluable employment for thousands in Second District, and those paychecks support our families. Today we took an important step to roll back government overreach and restore longstanding employment policies that have consistently worked well for our local employers and small businesses. Unelected bureaucrats shouldn\u2019t put obstacles in the way of new jobs and raises for hard-working Minnesotans. I\u2019ll keep working to see this bill become law to provide our workers and job creators with the clarity and stability they need to thrive.\u201d\r\nBackground: On August 27, 2015, the NLRB issued a decision in Browning-Ferris Industries of California (BFI) that overturned decades of Board policy in determining whether two or more entities should be considered \u201cjoint employers\u201d under the National Labor Relations Act. Under the traditional joint employer standard, employers must have actual, direct, and immediate control over terms and conditions of employment including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, and direction of employees. Under the new \u201cBFI\u201d standard, companies sharing only indirect or potential control over another\u2019s workforce may be considered joint employers, as the \u2018right to control\u2019, even if not exercised, is evidence of joint employer status. However, H.R. 3441 does not affect employee or bargaining rights as they exist today.\r\nAn expanded joint employer standard would seriously undermine the franchise business model and would cause franchisee owners to be relegated to a middle-management position at the businesses they worked to create. This would result from franchisors facing increased threats of liability and, as a result, putting restrictions on their franchisees.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://jasonlewis.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=117"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.914981123059988, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}