HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1709        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3458

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel M. Donahue

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to independent contractors.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/15/2015

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

12/30/2019

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

12/30/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

12/30/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

12/30/2019

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

12/30/2019

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

12/30/2019

Thomas M. Petrolati

7th Hampden

12/30/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

12/30/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

12/30/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

12/30/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

12/30/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1709        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3458

By Mr. Donahue of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3458) of Daniel M. Donahue and others relative to certain employees in the publishing industry who work out of residences.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to independent contractors.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 148B of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(f)  An individual who is: (1) independently established as a freelance writer, editor, proofreader or indexer in the publishing industry and works out of his or her own residence; or (2) an artist, whose work constitutes intellectual property to which copyright laws apply and who works out of his or her own residence or studio, shall not be subject to the requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (a).  This exception shall only be available to an individual freelancer or artist and not to any individual working with or for that person.  This exception shall not apply to any circumstance in which an individual freelancer or artist has been coerced, threatened or intimidated into establishing a work arrangement for another person for the purposes of exempting that person from the requirements of this chapter or chapter 151.