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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7316
January Session, 2019
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUD Y AND CLARIFY
THE EMPLOYMENT STATU S OF WORKERS PROVIDING IN -HOME
SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to study additional rights under Connecticut's labor law that could be 2
provided to workers who are treated as independent contractors when 3
providing services at another person's home. 4
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 5
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 6
one of whom shall be a representative of an advocacy organization that 7
represents domestic workers; 8
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one 9
of whom shall be a representative of a labor union that represents 10
workers in the home care field; 11
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 12
Representatives; 13
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 14
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 15
Representatives; 16 Substitute Bill No. 7316
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(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 17
(7) The Labor Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee; and 18
(8) Two persons appointed by the Governor. 19
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 20
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 21
of the General Assembly. 22
(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than 23
thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be 24
filled by the appointing authority. 25
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president 26
pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force 27
from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall 28
schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not 29
later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. 30
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 31
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor shall 32
serve as administrative staff of the task force. 33
(g) Not later than January 1, 2020, the task force shall submit a 34
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing 35
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 36
relating to labor, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of 37
the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it 38
submits such report or January 1, 2020, whichever is later. 39
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
The title was changed. Substitute Bill No. 7316
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LAB Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO