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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6283
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1964
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. THOMAS, 143rd Dist.
REP. GOUPIL, 35th Dist.
AN ACT CREATING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE INCLUSION OF
SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to create a task force to study 1
the inclusion of self-employed workers in the unemployment insurance 2
program and to examine ways in which the self-employed, including 3
"gig" workers, freelancers and independent contractors with stable 4
earnings histories would be allowed to opt into the traditional 5
unemployment insurance program. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To create a task force to study the inclusion of self-employed workers in
the unemployment insurance program.