1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change Act or the FABRIC Act . 2. Payment and liability requirements in the garment industry (a) In general The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq. ) is amended— (1) by inserting after section 7 ( 29 U.S.C. 207 ) the following: 8. Requirements for the garment industry (a) Prohibition against payment by piece rate No employer shall pay an employee employed in the garment industry, who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, by the piece or unit, or by piece rate. (b) Hourly rates (1) In general An employer shall pay each employee employed in the garment industry, who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, at an hourly rate that is not less than the rate in effect under section 6(a)(1). (2) Incentive bonuses Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit incentive-based bonuses for employees employed in the garment industry. (c) Joint and several liability of brand guarantors (1) In general A brand guarantor who contracts with an employer of an employee described in paragraph (2) for the performance of services in the garment industry shall share joint and several liability with such employer for any violations of the employer under this Act involving such employee while the employee is performing work with respect to such brand guarantor. (2) Employees An employee described in this paragraph is any employee employed in the garment industry who in any workweek is engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce. (3) Subcontracts For purposes of paragraph (1), an employer of an employee described in