Relates to dependent workers; defines the term "dependent worker"; requires the commissioner of labor to hold public meetings to examine state laws relating to dependent workers.
Prohibits cases from being closed without a hearing or written stipulation, requires a stenographic record of all hearings held; requires minutes and decisions to be provided to the injured worker in their native language.
Relates to requiring qualification-based criteria for awarding certain contracts for services.
Directs the department of health to create an informational pamphlet regarding the laparoscopic power morcellation surgery technique.
Requires employers of domestic workers to provide annual sick leave to such workers.
Establishes a uterine fibroids awareness and education program on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and the elevated risk for minority women.
Relates to including additional positions in the definition of employee for the purposes of health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.
Relates to civil actions brought by employees for violations of an employer violating safety and health standards or workplace violence.
Provides that the weekly benefit which the disabled employee is entitled to receive for disability commencing: on or after January first, two thousand twenty-five shall be fifty percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-six shall be fifty-five percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the state average weekly wage; on or after January first, two thousand twenty-seven shall be sixty percent of the employee's weekly average wage but shall not exceed sixty percent of the state average weekly wage; and on or after January first of each succeeding year, shall be sixty-seven percent of the employee's average weekly wage but shall not exceed sixty-seven percent of the state average weekly wage.
Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch.
