Further, the bill would drastically change the definition
of employment relationships under the FLSA which recognizes
that more than one business can be an employer. Currently,
under the FLSA employers cannot hide behind labor contractors
or franchisees, when they set critical conditions of
employment. Because the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural
Worker Protection Act refers to the definition of ``employ''
in the FLSA, this bill will also impact farm workers seeking
to redress wage theft and other employment abuses. It is the
FLSA definition of employ that has allowed workers to
effectively enforce child labor and other laws and to
effectively address sweatshops for decades. Today, it is this
definition that offers workers hope that when they organize
for a union and better wages that the party that can actually
effectuate change is at the table.