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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6343
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 5881
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF GIG WORKERS .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Labor Commissioner shall, in 1
consultation with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at 2
Yale Law School: (1) Conduct a study of gig workers in this state, 3
including, but not limited to, internet-based food delivery drivers and 4
ridesharing service providers, and (2) make recommendations for 5
legislation to prevent companies from improperly classifying such 6
workers as independent contractors instead of employees. 7
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the commissioner shall report the 8
results of the study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 9
of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 10
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the Labor Commissioner to conduct a study of gig workers
and make recommendations for legislation concerning the classification
of such employees.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.; REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.; REP. ALLIE-BRENNAN, 2nd Dist.
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.; REP. MORRIN BELLO, 28th Dist.
H.B. 6343