1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2020 . 2. Digital marketplace company safe harbor (a) Definitions In this section: (1) COVID–19 emergency period The term COVID–19 emergency period means the period beginning March 15, 2020, and ending on the later of— (A) June 30, 2021; or (B) the date of expiration of the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. (2) Digital marketplace company The term digital marketplace company means a business entity affecting commerce that— (A) maintains an online-enabled application or platform to facilitate the exchange of goods or services by users of the online-enabled application or platform; (B) licenses access to an online-enabled application or platform to facilitate the exchange of goods or services; and (C) does not require a licensee using the online-enabled application or platform to generate business to accept any specific job request as a condition of maintaining access to the entity's online-enabled application or platform. (3) Individual accessing work through a digital marketplace company The term individual accessing work through a digital marketplace company means an individual who— (A) is provided with the option to accept or reject job requests through an online-enabled application or platform maintained by a digital marketplace company