AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
Summary
Creates new definition for the term "employee", for purposes of wages, workers' compensation, temporary disability and unemployment insurance benefits, which deems a worker to be an employee, as opposed to an independent contractor.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Last action Mar 27, 2024
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Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 27, 2024
Committee
03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 29, 2024
Introduced
02/29/2024 Introduced, referred to House Labor
lower
8 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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