HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 632        FILED ON: 1/13/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1005

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carolyn C. Dykema

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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 transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

1/13/2017

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

 

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

 

Robert M. Koczera

11th Bristol

 

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/26/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/23/2017

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

 

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

 

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

 

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/20/2017

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

 

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Geoff Diehl

7th Plymouth

 

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

 

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

 

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

 

Mark J. Cusack

5th Norfolk

2/3/2017

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/20/2017

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

 

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

 

Adrian Madaro

1st Suffolk

 

William Driscoll

7th Norfolk

 

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

 

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

 

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

 

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

 

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

 

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

 

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

 

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

 

Brian Murray

10th Worcester

 

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

 

Aaron Michlewitz

3rd Suffolk

 

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

 

Bud Williams

11th Hampden

 

Paul McMurtry

11th Norfolk

 

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Paul Tucker

7th Essex

 

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

 

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

 

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

 

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

 

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

 

Gerard Cassidy

9th Plymouth

 

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

 

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

 

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

 

Juana B. Matias

16th Essex

 

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

 

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

 

Bradford R. Hill

4th Essex

 

Marc T. Lombardo

22nd Middlesex

 

Keiko M. Orrall

12th Bristol

 

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

 

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

 

Gailanne M. Cariddi

1st Berkshire

 

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

 

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

 

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

 

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

 

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

 

David M. Nangle

17th Middlesex

 

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

 

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

 

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

 

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

 

James J. Lyons, Jr.

18th Essex

 

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

 

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

 

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

 

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 632        FILED ON: 1/13/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1005

By Ms. Dykema of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1005) of Carolyn C. Dykema and others relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 151A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new section:-

Section 75. For the purposes of this section, the term “development” shall mean a residential dwelling in excess of 10 units of retail, commercial, or industrial development greater than 5,000 square feet. 

For any development that is in excess of $750,000, the employer shall post in a conspicuous location at the jobsite, a roster of employees and independent contractors employed onsite, and a certificate of compliance issued by the department showing that it is current in all its obligations relating to contributions, payments in lieu of contributions, and the employer medical assistance contribution established in section 189 of chapter 149, for inspection by the local building department or inspectional services of a city or town, or by inspectors designated by the attorney general.

SECTION 2. Chapter 152 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new section:-

Section 87. For the purposes of this section, the term “development” shall mean a residential dwelling in excess of 10 units of retail, commercial, or industrial development greater than 5,000 square feet. 

For any development that is in excess of $750,000, the employer shall post in a conspicuous location at the jobsite, a roster of employees and independent contractors employed onsite, and a certificate of compliance issued by the department showing that it is current in all its obligations relating to contributions and proof of coverage verification, for inspection by the local building department or inspectional services of a city or town, or by inspectors designated by the attorney general.