Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, November 17, 2025

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Unemployment Insurance, Non-Compete, and Wage

The public is invited to participate in The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development hearing on Monday, November 17th at 11:00 a.m. in Hearing Room B-1. This hearing will be chaired by Vice Chair Representative Tommy Vitolo.

Registration:

To register to testify in-person or virtually, please provide contact information via this FORM. The deadline to register is Thursday, November 13th, 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 Thursday, November 20th 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 December 3, 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:

Garrett.Burns@mahouse.gov

If you have Accessibility needs, click here.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development - 11-17-2025	11/17/2025 11:00 AM	01:19:08

Unemployment Insurance, Non-Compete and Wage 11:00am - 12:20pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.1319	An Act relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes	Paul R. Feeney
S.1320	An Act to increase unemployment insurance benefits for low wage workers	Paul R. Feeney
S.1336	An Act relative to banning noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.1349	An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth	Jason M. Lewis
S.1359	An Act relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform	Michael O. Moore
S.1363	An Act relative to a prevailing wage for trash and recycling collectors, moving contractors, and motor bus pupil transporters	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1376	An Act relative to unemployment insurance	Bruce E. Tarr
H.2071	An Act relative to time and a half wages	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.2072	An Act relative to minimum wage for municipal employees	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.2074	An Act protecting wages of employees who receive wages through an electronic wage card	Tackey Chan
H.2081	An Act relative to minimum gratuity while dining	Manny Cruz
H.2107	An Act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.2118	An Act relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.2124	An Act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages	Kevin G. Honan
H.2126	An Act relative to prevailing wages	Daniel J. Hunt
H.2134	An Act relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.2145	An Act establishing a minimum wage for employees of airline catering companies	Adrian C. Madaro
H.2148	An Act relative to a public health prevailing wage exemption	Joseph D. McKenna
H.2150	An Act to increase unemployment insurance benefits for low wage workers	Tram T. Nguyen
H.2159	An Act relative to fair wages on government subsidized construction projects	Orlando Ramos
H.2161	An Act ensuring fair and full employee compensation	David Allen Robertson
H.2168	An Act relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.2174	An Act relative to fairness for municipal employees	Adam J. Scanlon
H.2178	An Act relative to establishing a prevailing wage for security officers	Chynah Tyler
H.2191	An Act to establish an enhanced care worker minimum wage	Christopher J. Worrell
H.4291	An Act relative to the prevailing wage in the town of Chatham	Hadley Luddy

Present (9)

Paul McMurtry (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

Rob Consalvo (HOU)

Dennis C. Gallagher (HOU)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)

Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (HOU)

Mark D. Sylvia (HOU)

Tommy Vitolo (HOU)

Donald H. Wong (HOU)

Absent (2)

Bruce J. Ayers (HOU) *

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU) *

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

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