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Massachusetts Joint Labor and Workforce Development Committee
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committee members
Bruce Ayers (D)
Hannah Bowen (D)
Rob Consalvo (D)
Sal DiDomenico (D)
Paul Feeney (D)
Dennis Gallagher (D)
Ryan Hamilton (D)
Pat Jehlen (D)
Vice Chair
Jason Lewis (D)
Chair
Paul McMurtry (D)
Ranking Republican Member
Patrick O'Connor (R)
Chair
Jake Oliveira (D)
Adrianne Ramos (D)
Ranking Republican Member
Kenneth Sweezey (R)
Mark Sylvia (D)
Vice Chair
Tommy Vitolo (D)
Donald Wong (R)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| H70 | Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution for a Constitutional right to employable skills training | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| H2064 | Relative to bereavement leave for the loss of a child | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2065 | Relative to a four-day work week pilot program | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2066 | To impose fines on transportation network drivers who discriminate against riders with disabilities who use service animals | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2067 | Waiving the requirement for on call fire fighters to disclose stipends as income | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2068 | To protect the collective bargaining rights of certain administrative employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2069 | Regarding trash and recycling collectors, moving contractors, and motor bus pupil transporters | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2070 | Establishing a special commission on paid family and medical leave for public employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2071 | Relative to time and a half wages | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2072 | Relative to minimum wage for municipal employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2073 | To prohibit mandatory overtime | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2074 | Protecting wages of employees who receive wages through an electronic wage card | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2075 | Requiring OSHA training | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2076 | To provide collective bargaining rights to employees of the mosquito control projects and mosquito control districts | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2077 | Requiring certain employers to establish and maintain a human resources department | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2078 | Uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2079 | To provide paid family and medical leave to educators and municipal employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2080 | To promote economic mobility through ESOL | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2081 | Relative to minimum gratuity while dining | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2082 | Relative to contractor accountability | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2083 | Relative to the small necessities leave act | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2084 | For a minimum hourly health improvement wage | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2085 | Providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and ensuring for a skilled workforce in the commonwealth of Massachusetts | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2086 | Protecting labor and abolishing barriers to organizing rights | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2087 | Relating to privileged communication between individuals and their labor organizations | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2088 | To restore collective bargaining for teachers and other school employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2089 | Relative to roadway excavation quality assurance | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2090 | Securing the application of Massachusetts law to employees of employers incorporated or operating in Massachusetts who provide their labor and services remotely | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2091 | Protecting Massachusetts workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2092 | Clarifying mandatory overtime protections | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2093 | Relative to collective bargaining rights for legislative employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2094 | To prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2095 | Relative to non-disclosure agreements relating to a claim of discrimination, non-payment of wages or benefits, retaliation, harassment or violation of public policy in employment | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2096 | Relative to workplace safety and disclosure of violations | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2097 | Relative to collective bargaining rights of Massachusetts employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2098 | Codifying organizational standing | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2099 | Relative to apprenticeship programs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2100 | Relative to snow removal service liability limitation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2101 | To enforce laws protecting worksite safety | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2102 | Relative to acts of violence | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2103 | Protecting warehouse workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2104 | Relative to meeting human service demand by modernizing incentives for the direct care workforce | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2105 | Creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2106 | Relative to bereavement leave | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2107 | Relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2108 | Establishing fairness for agricultural laborers in Massachusetts | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2109 | Amending the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2110 | Improving the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave Law | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2111 | Amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2112 | Protecting an employee's right to rebuttal of personnel records | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2113 | Relative to professional employer organizations | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2114 | Relative to defense against abusive waivers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2115 | Clarifying the prevailing wage act to protect actions by the attorney general | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2116 | Relative to anti-retaliation protections for public employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2117 | Relative to protecting wages of deceased employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2118 | Relative to noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2119 | Regulating the use of credit reports by employers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2120 | Clarifying the prevailing wage law | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2121 | Providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and for ensuring a skilled workforce in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2122 | Providing worker compensation protection to emergency response and medical personnel related to COVID-19 infection | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2123 | Relative to workers' compensation disfigurement benefits concerning scarring | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2124 | To protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2125 | To provide paid family and medical leave to all educators | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2126 | Relative to prevailing wages | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2127 | Relative to the notification of large job layoffs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2128 | Relative to commissioned employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2129 | Relative to the definition of an independent contractor | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2130 | Relative to independent contractors | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2131 | Relative to fairness in workers' compensation benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2132 | Relative to commission sales rates | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2133 | Relative to workers' compensation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2134 | Relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2135 | Relative to the digital Coogan law | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2136 | To preserve employer autonomy | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2137 | Providing for payment by the Commonwealth of wages for members of the United States Coast Guard during the shut-down, so-called, of the United States Government | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2138 | To ensure adequate coverage of funeral expenses in cases of work-related death | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2139 | Relative to railroad workers earned sick time | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2140 | Creating a special legislative commission to study barriers to job retention for low-income workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2141 | Relative to employee definition harmonization | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2142 | Requiring human service employers to develop and implement programs that prevent workplace violence | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2143 | Relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2144 | Relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2145 | Establishing a minimum wage for employees of airline catering companies | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2146 | Ensuring domestic violence victims' protections for all employees in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2147 | Relative to employee references | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2148 | Relative to a public health prevailing wage exemption | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2149 | Relative to non-fault unemployment insurance overpayments | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2150 | To increase unemployment insurance benefits for low wage workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2151 | To protect injured workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2152 | Extending parental leave | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2153 | Expanding access to commuter transit benefits offered by employers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2154 | Establishing parking cash-out | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2155 | Providing for the self-certification of benefits for small businesses | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2156 | Providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a declared public health state of emergency | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2157 | Updating the Medical Society mission statement | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2158 | Relative to employee leave of absence to appear in the Probate and Family Court | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2159 | Relative to fair wages on government subsidized construction projects | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2160 | Relative to the confidentiality of communications of information of labor organizations | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2161 | Ensuring fair and full employee compensation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2162 | Relative to compliance with the prevailing wage laws of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2163 | Clarifying the process for paying the wages of dismissed employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2164 | Relative to institutions of higher education | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2165 | Relative to apprenticeship programs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2166 | Relative to updating overtime salary thresholds and codify definitions to protect the middle class | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2167 | Relative to wrongful discharge from employment | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2168 | Relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2169 | Relative to worker compensation protections for certified medical cannabis patients and their caregivers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2170 | Relating to protecting the interests of minor children featured on for-profit family vlogs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2171 | To make data on workforce development outcomes public and accessible | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2172 | To prevent heat-related illness in public sector outdoor workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2173 | Relative to the structure of the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2174 | Relative to fairness for municipal employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2175 | Relative to a youth training wage | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2176 | Prohibiting employers from attempting to conceal violations of state wage, benefit, or tax laws | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2177 | To provide economic security for fishing industry participants | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2178 | Relative to establishing a prevailing wage for security officers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2179 | Prohibiting employment discrimination based on the legal use of cannabis | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2180 | Relative to consolidating multiple definitions of employee | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2181 | To implement a 4 day work week in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2182 | Relative to an eight hour work day | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2183 | To ban captive audience meetings | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2184 | Requiring an annual report on the labor market needs of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2185 | To provide fair wages to employees of public institutions of higher education | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2186 | Relative to the prevention of unemployment fraud | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2187 | Relative to modernizing the unemployment benefits online portal | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2188 | Relative to bereavement leave | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2189 | Relative to bereavement leave | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2190 | Relative to sexual harassment workplace training | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H2191 | To establish an enhanced care worker minimum wage | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3375 | Utilizing apprenticeship programs for career paths in construction | In Committee | 08/07/2025 |
| H3949 | Relative to teacher strikes | In Committee | 03/31/2025 |
| H3993 | Relative to promoting fair hiring practices by limiting the use of credit reports in employment decisions | In Committee | 04/03/2025 |
| H3994 | Relative to insurance settlements | In Committee | 04/03/2025 |
| H3995 | To protect workers from extreme temperatures | In Committee | 04/03/2025 |
| H4019 | To ensure fair compensation for warranty service labor | In Committee | 04/10/2025 |
| H4067 | Relative to expanding and modernizing apprenticeships | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| H4068 | Relative to protecting health insurance coverage | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| H4069 | Relative to the department of unemployment assistance | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| H4116 | Relative to building permits and job site safety | In Committee | 05/12/2025 |
| H4117 | Relative to arbitration for teachers | In Committee | 05/12/2025 |
| H4208 | Relative to damages for employees aggrieved by violations of the Massachusetts Wage Act | In Committee | 06/05/2025 |
| H4291 | Relative to the prevailing wage in the town of Chatham | In Committee | 07/16/2025 |
| H4545 | Relative to PFML for bone marrow and organ donation | In Committee | 09/15/2025 |
| S144 | Relating to protecting the interests of minor children featured on for-profit family vlogs | In Committee | 03/24/2025 |
| S1286 | Regulating the use of credit reports by employers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1287 | Relative to bereavement leave | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1288 | Clarifying the prevailing wage law | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1289 | Clarifying mandatory overtime protections | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1290 | Relative to collective bargaining rights | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1291 | Relative to workplace psychological safety | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1292 | Relative to state employment postings | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1293 | Resolve establishing a special commission on paid family and medical leave for public employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1294 | Relative to employment protections for victims of abusive behavior | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1295 | Relative to workforce training | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1296 | Protecting the right to time off for voting | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1297 | Clarifying the prevailing wage act to protect actions by the attorney general | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1298 | Creating fairness in workers' compensation disfigurement benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1299 | Strengthening nondiscrimination policies | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1300 | Preventing wage theft, promoting employer accountability, and enhancing public enforcement | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1301 | Protecting an employee's right to rebuttal of personnel records | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1302 | To correct non-fault unemployment insurance overpayments | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1303 | Providing opportunities for apprentices to complete their training and ensuring for a skilled workforce in the commonwealth of Massachusetts | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1304 | Promoting infant friendly workplaces | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1305 | Establishing protections and accountability for Delivery Network Company workers, consumers, and communities | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1306 | To protect the collective bargaining rights of certain administrative employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1307 | Protecting warehouse workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1308 | Securing the application of Massachusetts law to employees of employers incorporated or operating in Massachusetts who provide their labor and services remotely | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1309 | Allowing for airline catering to be considered covered employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1310 | To protect injured workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1311 | Uplifting families and securing the right to strike for certain public employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1312 | Ensuring domestic violence victims' protections for all employees in the commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1313 | Encouraging employer integrity in hiring | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1314 | Relative to a youth training wage | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1315 | Protecting Massachusetts workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1316 | Creating an employer’s duty of care to safeguard its employees from workplace bullying | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1317 | Relative to suicide prevention signage at construction site workplaces | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1318 | Relative to compliance with the prevailing wage laws of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1319 | Relative to unemployment compensation and labor disputes | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1320 | To increase unemployment insurance benefits for low wage workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1321 | Clarifying the wage act to protect hospital workers from being deprived of their wages | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1322 | Providing hazard pay and protection for essential workers during a public health "State of Emergency" declaration | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1323 | Relative to workplace safety and disclosure of violations | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1324 | Relative to updating overtime salary thresholds and codifying definitions to protect middle-class workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1325 | Relative to meeting human service demand by modernizing incentives for the direct care workforce | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1326 | To promote economic mobility through ESOL | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1327 | Protecting labor and abolishing barriers to organizing rights | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1328 | Relating to privileged communication between individuals and their labor organizations | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1329 | Relative to roadway excavation quality assurance | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1330 | Relative to a four-day work week pilot program | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1331 | Relative to collective bargaining rights of Massachusetts employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1332 | Clarifying the process for paying the wages of dismissed employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1333 | Requiring an annual report on the labor market needs of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1334 | Amending the unemployment insurance law for workers with fluctuating work schedules | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1335 | Relative to defense against abusive waivers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1336 | Relative to banning noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1337 | Consolidating multiple definitions of employee to prevent misclassification | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1338 | Relative to employee definition harmonization | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1339 | To provide paid family and medical leave to all educators | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1340 | To make data on workforce development outcomes public and accessible | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1341 | Relative to the Department of Unemployment Assistance Advisory Council | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1342 | Relative to railroad workers' earned sick time | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1343 | Relative to collective bargaining rights for legislative employees | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1344 | Relative to transparency in employee benefits reporting in private construction | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1345 | Expanding access to commuter transit benefits offered by employers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1346 | Establishing parking cash-out | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1347 | Relative to workplace psychological safety | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1348 | To enforce laws protecting worksite safety | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1349 | Relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1350 | For a Bridge Employment Training Program (BET) | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1351 | Improving the Massachusetts paid family medical leave law | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1352 | Amending the Massachusetts paid family medical leave law definitions of a covered business entity and a covered contract worker | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1353 | Relative to workers’ compensation funeral benefits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1354 | Relative to bereavement leave | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1355 | To establish extreme temperature worker protections | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1356 | Relative to fair hiring practices | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1357 | Establishing protections for workers in hot conditions | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1358 | Relative to apprenticeship programs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1359 | Relative to municipal unemployment insurance reform | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1360 | Relative to collective bargaining rights of the state police | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1361 | Establishing paid prenatal leave | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1362 | To prohibit mandatory overtime | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1363 | Relative to a prevailing wage for trash and recycling collectors, moving contractors, and motor bus pupil transporters | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1364 | Streamlining state employee collective bargaining | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1365 | To provide fair wages to employees of public institutions of higher education | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1366 | Relative to non-compete agreements for veterinarians | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1367 | To prevent heat-related illness in public sector outdoor workers | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1368 | Relative to collective bargaining dues | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1369 | Relative to nonprofit institutions of higher education | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1370 | Relative to snow removal service liability limitation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1371 | Establishing the Workforce Recovery Commission | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1372 | Relative to the structure of the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1373 | Providing a safe harbor for contractors of services | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1374 | Relative to mandated use of paid time off for quarantine purposes | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1375 | To preserve employer autonomy | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1376 | Relative to unemployment insurance | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1377 | Relative to wage theft and due process | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S1378 | Relative to employee leave of absence to appear in probate and family court | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |