PRINTER'S NO. 220
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.276
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY DELLOSO, WEBSTER, GIRAL, KINKEAD, McNEILL,
SCHLOSSBERG, SANCHEZ, PROBST, A. BROWN, PIELLI, VENKAT, KHAN,
BURGOS, HILL-EVANS, McANDREW, HOWARD, DONAHUE, HADDOCK,
NEILSON, MERSKI, CIRESI, FREEMAN, D. MILLER, FIEDLER, DEASY,
O'MARA AND CERRATO, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
OPERATIONS, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
Providing for interagency cooperation regarding employee
misclassification; and establishing the Employee
Misclassification Working Group.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Employee
Misclassification Working Group Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of Labor and Industry of the
Commonwealth.
"Secretary." The Secretary of Labor and Industry of the
Commonwealth.
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16 "Working group." The Employee Misclassification Working
Group established under section 4(a).
Section 3. Interagency cooperation.
(a) Exchange of State tax information.--Consistent with
current law, the Department of Revenue may provide State tax
information, upon request, to the following:
(1) The department's Office of Unemployment Compensation
Tax Services.
(2) For the purposes of assessing or investigating
employee misclassification, the department's:
(i) Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
(ii) Bureau of Labor Law Compliance.
(iii) Office of Unemployment Compensation Services
Centers.
(iv) Office of Unemployment Compensation Benefits
Policy.
(b) Sharing information.--Nothing in this act shall limit or
affect the Department of Revenue and the department from sharing
information as otherwise allowed by law.
(c) Federal employer identification numbers.--To ensure the
efficiency of the exchange of State tax information under this
section, the State agency business applications shall include
and use Federal employer identification numbers to identify
business entities and streamline compliance crossmatches.
Section 4. Employee Misclassification Working Group.
(a) Establishment.--The Employee Misclassification Working
Group is established to coordinate enforcement strategies
involving State agencies and employee misclassification.
(b) Composition.--
(1) At a minimum, the working group shall include
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30 representatives from the department, the Department of
Revenue and the Office of Attorney General.
(2) Representatives from county district attorneys'
offices and local labor law enforcement offices may
participate in the activities of the working group.
(c) Chairperson.--
(1) A representative designated by the secretary shall
serve as the chairperson of the working group.
(2) The chairperson of the working group may invite
other individuals to participate in the activities of the
working group.
(d) Meetings.--The working group shall meet at least
quarterly at the time and location and in the manner provided by
the chairperson of the working group. The working group may meet
more often if deemed necessary by the chairperson of the working
group.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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