MA S1187

Bill

To protect injured workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to protect injured workers. Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect injured workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. It amends several sections of Massachusetts law, including: 1. Requiring the Department of Industrial Accidents to promptly investigate workers' compensation claims, regardless of whether a case is open or active. 2. Expanding the applicability of certain penalties for retaliation against workers who exercise their rights under workers' compensation law to include violations of the law regarding wages and hours. 3. Defining "earnings" for workers' compensation purposes to include any wages the employer was legally required to pay, and requiring the employer to indemnify the insurer for any additional compensation owed as a result of the employer's failure to pay the full required wages. 4. Mandating specific methods for employers to provide workers with notice of their rights under workers' compensation law, including posting the notice in multiple languages. 5. Strengthening anti-retaliation protections for workers who exercise their rights under workers' compensation law, including reporting COVID-19-related illnesses or exposures, and providing for treble damages and other remedies for violations.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (12)

Jamie Eldridge (D)*, Joseph Boncore (D), Jo Comerford (D), Julian Cyr (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Paul Feeney (D), Chris Hendricks (D), Jason Lewis (D), Mike Moore (D), Becca Rausch (D), Maria Robinson (D), Erika Uyterhoeven (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4606 (on 04/04/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1187

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1187
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1187.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2011	Protecting the right to time off for voting	Accompanied a new draft, see H4605	Similar To
H2032	To protect injured workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic	Accompanied a new draft, see H4606	Similar To
H3206	Designating Domestic Workers’ Rights Day	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
H4606	To protect injured workers	No further action taken	Replaced by
H477	Addressing the inequitable impact of the pandemic on Black and Latinx individuals with autism	Accompanied a study order, see H4968	Similar To
H499	Establishing a commission to study the Commonwealth’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic	Accompanied a new draft, see H4670	Similar To
S1243	To restore workers' rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S145	Establishing a commission to study childhood hunger in Norfolk County as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2553	To enhance child care relief	Accompanied a study order, see H5250	Similar To

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