Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

B-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Employment Rights

The public is invited to participate in The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development hearing on Tuesday, July 15^th, at 10:30 a.m. in Hearing Room B-2. This hearing will be chaired by Representative Paul McMurtry.

Registration:

To register to testify in-person or virtually, please provide contact information via this form. The deadline to register is Monday, July 14^th, at 1:00 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. The livestream of this hearing will be available on the Legislature's website at https://malegislature.gov/. 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.

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, July 22nd at 5:00 PM via email to labor.workforce.development@gmail.com.

Written testimony can be physically mailed to the House Chair: 

Chair Paul McMurtry  

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development 

ATTN: Garrett Burns Esq. 

24 BEACON ST. RM. 472  

BOSTON MA  02133 

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.

*All House matters above are required to be reported on by September 13th, 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

If you have Accessibility needs, click here.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development - 7-15-2025	7/15/2025 10:30 AM	02:19:31

Employment Rights 10:30am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2076	An Act to provide collective bargaining rights to employees of the mosquito control projects and mosquito control districts	Tackey Chan
H.2078	An Act uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees	Mike Connolly
H.2086	An Act protecting labor and abolishing barriers to organizing rights	Marjorie C. Decker
H.2083	An Act relative to the small necessities leave act	Mark J. Cusack
H.2084	An Act for a minimum hourly health improvement wage	Michael S. Day
H.2088	An Act to restore collective bargaining for teachers and other school employees	Marjorie C. Decker
H.2109	An Act amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2110	An Act improving the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2112	An Act protecting an employee's right to rebuttal of personnel records	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2113	An Act relative to professional employer organizations	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2139	An Act relative to railroad workers earned sick time	Kathleen R. LaNatra
H.2144	An Act relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction	William F. MacGregor
H.2147	An Act relative to employee references	Joseph D. McKenna
H.2155	An Act providing for the self-certification of benefits for small businesses	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.2160	An Act relative to the confidentiality of communications of information of labor organizations	David Allen Robertson
H.2167	An Act relative to wrongful discharge from employment	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.1290	An Act relative to collective bargaining rights	Nick Collins
S.1301	An Act protecting an employee's right to rebuttal of personnel records	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.1311	An Act uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees	James B. Eldridge
S.1327	An Act protecting labor and abolishing barriers to organizing rights	Paul R. Feeney
S.1342	An Act relative to railroad workers' earned sick time	John F. Keenan
S.1344	An Act relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction	John F. Keenan
S.1351	An Act improving the Massachusetts paid family medical leave law	Jason M. Lewis
S.1352	An Act amending the Massachusetts paid family medical leave law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker	Jason M. Lewis
S.1368	An Act relative to collective bargaining dues	Michael F. Rush

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