Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Friday, June 5, 2020
Start Time:: 9:00 AM
Location:: Virtual Hearing
Event Description: Accepting online testimony on Matters related to Unemployment and Worker protections during COVID We request comments submitted be limited to matters related to the bill listed. The committee will be accepting testimony either in written form submitted by email or in video/audio form submitted via a Google Form. For individuals looking to send video or audio testimony, please fill out the following form (https://forms.gle/uHyHXctnQtC3NdnH9) and upload your testimony. The Google Form shall remain open until 5:00 PM on Friday June 5th. To email written testimony, please send your testimony either as an attached PDF or in the body of an email to Robert Cohen at Robert.Cohen@MaHouse.gov and Mark Martinez at Mark.Martinez@MaSenate.gov no later than 5:00pm on Friday, June 5th, 2020. Please make sure to include LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TESTIMONY in the subject line. We also request you provide the committee with your name, organization, and phone number.
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Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.4736	An Act relative to employee definition harmonization	Jay D. Livingstone
H.4738	An Act relative to manufacturing and factory worker protection from COVID-19	Peter Capano
H.4739	An Act creating a presumption of relatedness for essential workers suffering from COVID-19	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.4742	An Act providing protection for police and fire municipality workers in the COVID-19 emergency	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.4743	An Act assisting non-profits to provide for COVID-19 unemployment benefits	Paul McMurtry
H.4746	An Act for unemployment rules for gig economy	Jay D. Livingstone
H.4748	An Act establishing unemployment expansion during public health emergencies	David M. Rogers
H.4749	An Act providing worker compensation protection to emergency response and medical personnel related to COVID-19 infection	Christopher Hendricks