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Joint Committee onLabor and Workforce Development

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Room 511B
State House
Boston, MA 02133 
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Room 39
State House
Boston, MA 02133 
Tel:(617) 722-2014
It shall be the duty of the committee on Labor and Workforce Development to consider all matters concerning discrimination with respect to employment, the labor laws, workers’ compensation and such other matters as may be referred.

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Bill Num. Title Sponsor Report Type
Bill Num. Title Sponsor Arrived Hearing Schedule
H.531  An Act relative to the joint labor management committee  Sean Garballey    2/14/2011   
H.533  An Act to clarify seasonal employment.   John D. Keenan    2/14/2011   
H.534  An Act providing unpaid family and medical leave.  Robert M. Koczera    2/14/2011   
H.535  An Act relative to plant closings.   Robert M. Koczera    2/14/2011   
H.536  An Act further regulating funeral directors.   Peter J. Koutoujian    2/14/2011   
H.539  An Act making discrimination on the basis of height and weight unlawful  Byron Rushing    2/14/2011   
H.541  An Act relative to improving quality in early education and care by family child care providers   Tom Sannicandro    2/14/2011   
H.544  An Act relative to child labor laws.  Theodore C. Speliotis    2/14/2011   
H.545  An Act to provide unemployment benefits to laid off employees of educational institutions   Ellen Story    2/14/2011   
H.546  An Act regarding unemployment payments by cities and towns.  Cleon H. Turner    2/14/2011   
H.547  An Act relative to municipal seasonal workers.  Cleon H. Turner    2/14/2011   
H.1391  An Act relative to independent contractors  F. Jay Barrows    2/16/2011   
H.1393  An Act Updating and Streamlining the Employment Agency Law  Linda Dorcena Forry 
John Hart, Jr. 		 2/16/2011   
H.1395  An Act relative to impartial medical examinations   William C. Galvin    2/16/2011   
H.1396  An Act relative to child labor law  Colleen M. Garry    2/16/2011   
H.1398  An Act establishing paid sick days  Kay Khan    2/16/2011   
H.1399  An Act establishing the workforce training trust fund   Robert M. Koczera    2/16/2011   
H.1400  An Act relative to providing fiscal relief to municipalities  Steven L. Levy    2/16/2011   
H.1404  An Act relative to consumers and workers   Walter F. Timilty    2/16/2011   
H.1407  An Act relative to unemployment insurance rates  David M. Torrisi    2/16/2011   
H.1410  An Act modernizing and protecting the unemployment insurance system  Martin J. Walsh    2/16/2011   
H.1411  An Act regarding treble damages  Martha M. Walz    2/16/2011   
H.1412  An Act relative to independent contractors  Martha M. Walz    2/16/2011   
H.1414  An Act relative to the payment of wages  Martha M. Walz    2/16/2011   
H.2286  An Act relative to illegal immigration  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2288  An Act relative to injured workers  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2289  An Act relative to workers compensation benefits  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2290  An Act relative to impartial medical examiners  Garrett J. Bradley    2/25/2011   
H.2291  An Act to promote the Commonwealth's economic recovery with a strong minimum wage   Antonio F. D. Cabral    2/25/2011   
H.2292  An Act relative to binding arbitration  Tackey Chan    2/25/2011   
H.2293  An Act relative to noncompetition agreements  Lori A. Ehrlich 
William N. Brownsberger 		 2/25/2011   
H.2295  AN ACT relating to personnel records  Susan Williams Gifford    2/25/2011   
H.2296  An Act relative to the prohibition of noncompetition agreements  Sheila C. Harrington    2/25/2011   
H.2297  An Act to provide a safe workplace for employees of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions.  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2298  An Act clarifying the definition of an employee.  Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 
Viriato Manuel deMacedo 		 2/25/2011   
H.2299  An Act relative to fairness in workers' compensation benefits.  Bradley H. Jones, Jr. 
Viriato Manuel deMacedo 		 2/25/2011   
H.2300  An Act relative to unemployment insurance reform  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2301  An Act relative to Sunday wages  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2302  An Act relative to the establishment of a minimum training wage  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2303  An Act relative to unemployment insurance  Bradley H. Jones, Jr.    2/25/2011   
H.2304  An Act regulating chapter 136.  Paul W. Mark    2/25/2011   
H.2307  An Act designating Ayn Rand Day.  Kathi-Anne Reinstein    2/25/2011   
H.2311  An Act relative to medical exposures of concern  Martin J. Walsh    2/25/2011   
H.2312  An act relative to the employment of aliens restricted   Daniel K. Webster    2/25/2011   
H.2313  An Act establishing a teen minimum wage to encourage seasonal employment  Daniel B. Winslow    2/25/2011   
H.2868  An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Worker’s Compensation Act  James Arciero    3/1/2011   
H.2869  An Act to protect wages of employees who receive wages through an electronic wage card  Tackey Chan    3/1/2011   
H.2870  An Act relative to investment in a transitional employment program for hard to employ adults   Gloria L. Fox    3/1/2011   
H.2871  An Act relative to investment in employment programs that save our youth   Gloria L. Fox    3/1/2011   
H.2873  An Act relative to clarifying the reporting of record keeping requirements  Colleen M. Garry    3/1/2011   
H.2874  An Act relative to independent contractors  Louis L. Kafka    3/1/2011   
S.912  An Act relative to unemployment insurance reform.  Steven A. Baddour    3/1/2011   
S.919  An Act requiring recordkeeping at public construction worksites in order to protect first responders  Kenneth J. Donnelly    3/1/2011   
S.920  An Act relative to paying prevailing wages to tree maintenance workers  Kenneth J. Donnelly    3/1/2011   
S.921  An Act establishing a middle-skills council and the creation of regional skills academies in the Commonwealth  Kenneth J. Donnelly    3/1/2011   
S.923  An Act clarifying the meal break law to allow for private enforcement  James B. Eldridge    3/1/2011   
S.925  An Act relative to workers compensation  James B. Eldridge    3/1/2011   
S.926  An act relative to family friendly employers  Susan C. Fargo    3/1/2011   
S.928  An Act clarifying the intent and interpretation of Chapter 149, subsection 152A of the General Laws.   John Hart, Jr.    3/1/2011   
S.929  An Act regarding youth sports referees   Robert L. Hedlund    3/1/2011   
S.930  An Act establishing paid sick days.  Patricia D. Jehlen    3/1/2011   
S.932  An Act to prohibit restrictive employment covenants.  Patricia D. Jehlen    3/1/2011   
S.937  An Act relative to modernizing and protecting the unemployment insurance system.  Thomas M. McGee    3/1/2011   
S.939  An Act authorizing the funding of capital expenditures for workforce development and adult basic education.  Mark C. Montigny    3/1/2011   
S.940  An Act relating to the extended care career ladder program.  Mark C. Montigny    3/1/2011   
S.942  An Act relative to fair share contribution appeals.  Michael O. Moore    3/1/2011   
S.949  An Act to promote fairness in unemployment insurance for workers seeking part-time work.   Marc R. Pacheco    3/1/2011   
S.950  An Act relative to consumers and workers.  Marc R. Pacheco    3/1/2011   
S.955  An Act relative to uninsurance employment fraud.  Michael J. Rodrigues    3/1/2011   
S.957  An Act relative to independent contractors.  Michael J. Rodrigues    3/1/2011   
S.960  An Act relative to the fair distribution of tips   Michael F. Rush    3/1/2011   
S.962  An act establishing a work family council  Karen E. Spilka    3/1/2011   
S.963  An Act to ensure fairness in the disability adjudication process.  Bruce E. Tarr    3/1/2011   
S.964  An Act relative to employer liability protection.  Bruce E. Tarr    3/1/2011   
S.965  An Act relative to willfull violations of the wage law.  Bruce E. Tarr    3/1/2011   
S.971  An Act to enhance training and career opportunities for young workers.  Steven A. Tolman    3/1/2011   
H.3160  An Act to provide occupational safeguards for employees resulting from the introduction and utilization of video display terminals   Martin J. Walsh    3/2/2011   
H.3231  An Act relative to clarifying the reporting of record keeping requirements  James Arciero    3/7/2011   
H.3233  An Act to study the effects of community service  Ryan C.Fattman    3/7/2011   
H.2713  An Act establishing a middle-skills council and the creation of regional skills academies in the Commonwealth  Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera    5/12/2011   
H.3546  An Act relative to the definition of an employee   Jennifer E. Benson    7/7/2011   
S.1998  An Act relative to terms of employment  Bruce E. Tarr    8/11/2011   
S.913  An Act relative to the state wildfire team  Stephen M. Brewer       
S.941  An Act relative to protections for on-call volunteers  Michael O. Moore       
S.946  An Act establishing a Commonwealth citizen service initiative  Marc R. Pacheco       
S.961  An Act regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools  Michael F. Rush       
S.969  An Act relative to displaced workers  Steven A. Tolman       
S.970  An Act relative to labor relations and representational elections  Steven A. Tolman       
S.916  An Act addressing workplace bullying, mobbing, and harassment, without regard to protected class status  Katherine M. Clark       
S.913  An Act relative to the state wildfire team  Stephen M. Brewer       
S.921  An Act establishing a middle-skills council and the creation of regional skills academies in the Commonwealth  Kenneth J. Donnelly       
S.962  An act establishing a work family council  Karen E. Spilka       
S.960  An Act relative to the fair distribution of tips   Michael F. Rush       
S.950  An Act relative to consumers and workers.  Marc R. Pacheco       
S.942  An Act relative to fair share contribution appeals.  Michael O. Moore       
S.937  An Act relative to modernizing and protecting the unemployment insurance system.  Thomas M. McGee       
S.926  An act relative to family friendly employers  Susan C. Fargo       
S.919  An Act requiring recordkeeping at public construction worksites in order to protect first responders  Kenneth J. Donnelly