Bill > H1645

This bill amends Section 148B of Chapter 149 of the General Laws in Massachusetts to change the criteria for determining whether an individual is considered an employee or an independent contractor. The key provisions are: (1) an individual performing any service, except as authorized under this chapter, shall be considered an employee unless the individual is free from control and direction in the performance of the service, the service is performed outside the usual course of the employer's business, and the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business of the same nature as the service performed. This bill aims to clarify the requirements for classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees under Massachusetts law.

Labor and Employment

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1645