PENNSYLVANIA, November 22 - standards issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

(b) Access to DNC and TNC member records.--To the extent

necessary for the calculation of the required fund

contributions, the DNC and TNC members of the fund shall provide

the board and agents of the board access to books, records and

other documents necessary to calculate and verify the amounts of

the required fund contributions.

CHAPTER 7

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 701. App-based worker status.

(a) Discrimination prohibited.--It shall be unlawful for a

network company, unless based upon a bona fide occupation

qualification or public or worker safety need, to refuse to

contract with, terminate the contract of or deactivate from the

network company's online-enabled application or platform, any

app-based worker based upon age, race, creed, color, national

origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,

military status, sex, disability, predisposing genetic

characteristics, familial status, marital status or status as a

victim of domestic violence.

(b) Independent contractor.--Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, including specifically the act of June 2, 1915

(P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, the

act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1),

known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, and the act of

January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act

of 1968, and any orders, regulations or opinions, an app-based

worker shall be deemed an independent contractor and not an

employee or agent, whether actual, apparent or otherwise, with

respect to the app-based worker's relationship with a network

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