Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

General

The public is invited to participate in The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development hearing on Tuesday, May 13th, at 11:00 a.m. in Room B-1.

Registration:

To register to testify in-person or virtually, please provide contact information via this  form. The deadline to register is Friday, May 9th, at 3:00 p.m. If you plan to testify as a panel, please note the name(s) of your co-panelist(s) on the form when registering. All panelists testifying will need to register via the sign-up form. The livestream of this hearing will be available on the Legislature's website at https://malegislature.gov/.

Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development page Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.

Written Testimony:

Written or pre-recorded testimony may be submitted until Tuesday, May 27th at 5:00 PM via email to labor.workforce.development@gmail.com

All written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, limitations and redactions shall exist for sharing testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others. Any person submitting written testimony may request such testimony remain private and said testimony will not be made publicly available.

The Chairs will limit testimony to 3 minutes per speaker. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

*All House matters above are required to be reported on by July 12, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

Contact:

Please contact the Committee staff in advance if you are requesting any ADA accommodations or if you have any questions:

Soumia.Aitelhaj@masenate.gov

Garrett.Burns@mahouse.gov

The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development hearing will solicit written and oral testimony in-person and remotely on the following bills:

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development - 5-13-2025	5/13/2025 11:00 AM	01:34:00

Workers Rights & Protections 11:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.1286	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Michael J. Barrett
S.1287	An Act relative to bereavement leave	Michael J. Barrett
S.1294	An Act relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.1306	An Act to protect the collective bargaining rights of certain administrative employees	Lydia Edwards
S.1329	An Act relative to roadway excavation quality assurance	Paul R. Feeney
S.1354	An Act relative to bereavement leave	Liz Miranda
S.1312	An Act ensuring domestic violence victims' protections for all employees in the commonwealth	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1323	An Act relative to workplace safety and disclosure of violations	Paul R. Feeney
S.1335	An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers	Cindy F. Friedman
S.1337	An Act consolidating multiple definitions of employee to prevent misclassification	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.1338	An Act relative to employee definition harmonization	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.1345	An Act expanding access to commuter transit benefits offered by employers	John F. Keenan
S.1356	An Act relative to fair hiring practices	Mark C. Montigny
S.1358	An Act relative to apprenticeship programs	Michael O. Moore
S.1370	An Act relative to snow removal service liability limitation	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1378	An Act relative to employee leave of absence to appear in probate and family court	John C. Velis
H.2068	An Act to protect the collective bargaining rights of certain administrative employees	David Biele
H.2075	An Act requiring OSHA training	Tackey Chan
H.2089	An Act relative to roadway excavation quality assurance	Marjorie C. Decker
H.2096	An Act relative to workplace safety and disclosure of violations	Michelle M. DuBois
H.2099	An Act relative to apprenticeship programs	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.2100	An Act relative to snow removal service liability limitation	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.2106	An Act relative to bereavement leave	Sean Garballey
H.2114	An Act relative to defense against abusive waivers	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2117	An Act relative to protecting wages of deceased employees	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2119	An Act regulating the use of credit reports by employers	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2137	An Act providing for payment by the Commonwealth of wages for members of the United States Coast Guard during the shut-down, so-called, of the United States Government	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.2141	An Act relative to employee definition harmonization	Jay D. Livingstone
H.2143	An Act relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior	Jay D. Livingstone
H.2146	An Act ensuring domestic violence victims' protections for all employees in the Commonwealth	Joseph D. McKenna
H.2153	An Act expanding access to commuter transit benefits offered by employers	Steven Owens
H.2158	An Act relative to employee leave of absence to appear in the Probate and Family Court	Adrianne Pusateri Ramos
H.2165	An Act relative to apprenticeship programs	Daniel J. Ryan
H.2180	An Act relative to consolidating multiple definitions of employee	Erika Uyterhoeven
H.2188	An Act relative to bereavement leave	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.2189	An Act relative to bereavement leave	Christopher J. Worrell

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