HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1064        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1889

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kenneth I. Gordon

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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 amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/11/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/31/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/2/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/7/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/8/2023

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/8/2023

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

2/8/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/9/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/16/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/17/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/23/2023

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

3/5/2023

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

3/8/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

3/21/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

3/22/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

3/30/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

6/4/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1064        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1889

By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1889) of Kenneth I. Gordon and others relative to the definitions of covered business entity and covered contract worker under the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law.  Labor and Workforce Development.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker.

 

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. Section 1 of chapter 175M of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Covered business entity” at lines 24 through 27, and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“Covered business entity”, a business or trade whose workforce is comprised of 50 per cent or more individuals that it contracts with or receives services from who are not employees under the test set forth in section 2 of chapter 151A of the General Laws.

And by striking out the definition of “Covered contract worker” as so appearing, at lines 28 through 32, and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“Covered contract worker”, an individual who is not an employee under the test set forth in section 2 of chapter 151A of the General Laws and for whom an employer or covered business entity is required to remit contributions to the Family and Employment Security Trust Fund pursuant to section 6.