Independent contractors; JLARC to study misclassification of employees. (SJ345)
Introduced By
Sen. Phil Puckett (D-Tazewell)
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Description
Study; misclassification of employees as independent contractors; report. Requests the Department of Labor and Industry, with the technical assistance of the Board for Contractors within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, to study the misclassification of employees as independent contractors in the Commonwealth. In conducting the study, the Department shall (i) review the status of employee misclassification in the state, (ii) review the consequences of misclassification to the workforce, (iii) determine the amount of lost revenue to the state and local governments, and (iv) suggest strategies for alleviating misclassification or improper classification of employees. Read the Bill »
Status
02/22/2011: Passed the House
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2011 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11102310D |
| 01/11/2011 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
| 01/21/2011 | Assigned Rules sub: #1 |
| 02/04/2011 | Reported from Rules with substitute |
| 02/04/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11105024D-S1 |
| 02/07/2011 | Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2011 | Read second time |
| 02/08/2011 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/08/2011 | Committee substitute agreed to 11105024D-S1 |
| 02/08/2011 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ345S1 |
| 02/08/2011 | Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/08/2011 | Agreed to by Senate by voice vote |
| 02/09/2011 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/09/2011 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
| 02/11/2011 | Assigned Rules sub: #3 Studies |
| 02/17/2011 | Reported from Rules with substitute (11-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11105395D-H1 |
| 02/22/2011 | Taken up |
| 02/22/2011 | Committee substitute agreed to 11105395D-H1 |
| 02/22/2011 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SJ345H1 |
| 02/22/2011 | Agreed to by House with substitute (93-Y 3-N) |
| 02/22/2011 | VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2011 | House substitute agreed to by Senate by voice vote |
| 02/23/2011 | Title replaced 11105395D-H1 |
| 03/07/2011 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ345ER) |
Comments
This study should include the Workers' Comp Commission, the Virginia Employment Commission, and probably Taxation as well as the misclassification of employees as contractors affects these programs as well.
Classifying employees as independent contractors is rampant in the trades. Then a poor schmuck gets hurt on the job or fired from a job and finds out that he not only doesn't have workers comp or unemployment benefits, but he owes taxes as well.