Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00678 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 678
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1581
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 678 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1581

Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees 

Introduced by:

SEN. MUSTO, 22nd Dist.

AN ACT CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to change the definition of independent contractor to exclude any individual that is paid hourly, whose tools are provided by the person paying the worker, or who otherwise acts at the specific direction of the payor.

Statement of Purpose: 

To clarify the rule regarding when a person is an independent contractor or subcontractor as opposed to an employee.