MA H3150

Bill

Relative to fair pay for comparable work

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
03/26/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to wages for certain human service providers. Labor and Workforce Development.

AI Summary

This bill aims to address the wage disparity between human services workers employed by community-based organizations and similar state employees. It requires state agencies to increase the reimbursement rates paid to human service providers, with the goal of reducing and ultimately eliminating the disparity in salaries between human services workers and their state employee counterparts by July 1, 2023. The bill also calls for reports from state agencies on the determination of the salary disparity and recommendations for strengthening the recruitment and retention of human services workers.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (23)

Jennifer Benson (D), Paul Brodeur (D), Dan Cahill (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Carole Fiola (D), Sean Garballey (D), Ken Gordon (D), Pat Haddad (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Jay Kaufman (D), Kay Khan (D), Peter Kocot (D), Stephen Kulik (D), John Mahoney (D), Matt Muratore (R), Harold Naughton (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Jeff Roy (D), John Scibak (D), Frank Smizik (D), Tom Stanley (D), José Tosado (D),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/01/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3150

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3150
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3150.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1034	Relative to setting the prevailing wage rate	Accompanied a study order, see H4729	Similar To
H1048	Clarifying the payment of wages	Accompanied a study order, see H4729	Similar To
H3459	Relative to the prevailing wage in the city of Holyoke	Accompanied a study order, see H4729	Similar To
H3771	Relative to the payment of prevailing wages on projects in the town of Harvard	Accompanied a study order, see H4729	Similar To
S1008	Protecting employees who receive wages by payroll debit cards	Accompanied a new draft, see S2447	Similar To
S1042	Relative to the pooling of tips	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S994	Relative to unemployment insurance	Accompanied a study order, see S2490	Similar To
S996	Relative to the payment of wages	Accompanied a study order, see S2490	Similar To

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MA H3150

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