JOINT COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

House Staff:
Room 39
State House
Boston, MA 02133 House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2014


Senate Staff
: Room 112
State House
Boston, MA 02133 Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1350


It shall be the duty of the committee on Labor and Workforce Development to consider all matters concerning discrimination with respect to employment, the labor laws, workers' compensation and other such matters as may be referred.


Members appointed to the committee:

McGee of Third Essex and Middlesex
Resor of Middlesex and Worcester
Jehlen of Second Middlesex
Augustus of Second Worcester
Tolman of Second Suffolk and Middlesex
Hedlund of Plymouth and Norfolk
Torrisi of North Andover
Scibak of South Hadley
Casey of Winchester
Garry of Dracut
Atsalis of Barnstable
L'Italien of Andover
Curran of Springfield
Walz of Boston
Calter of Kingston
Loscocco of Holliston
Polito of Shrewsbury

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:

Senate, No. 256 -- Extended care,- initiatives.
Senate, No. 260 -- Extended care,- career ladder program.
Senate, No. 266 -- Employer sanctions,- wage witholdings.
Senate, No. 269 -- Limited liabilitiy companies,- wages.
Senate, No. 566 -- Deaf,- education and workforce.
Senate, No. 1049 -- Employee privacy.
Senate, No. 1050 -- Compulsory bargaining.
Senate, No. 1051 -- Unemployment insurance reform.
Senate, No. 1052 -- Volunteer ambulance employees,- rights.
Senate, No. 1053 -- State wildfire team.
Senate, No. 1054 -- State,-pensions.
Senate, No. 1055 -- Apprentice training.
Senate, No. 1056 -- Legal actions,- injuries.
Senate, No. 1057 -- Employment leave,- domestic violence.
Senate, No. 1058 -- Promote volunteerism.
Senate, No. 1059 -- Employee compensation.
Senate, No. 1060 -- Worker's compensation,- loss benefit.
Senate, No. 1061 -- Widow's benefits.
Senate, No. 1062 -- Temp worker,- right to know.
Senate, No. 1063 -- Temp jobs,- unemployment fairness.
Senate, No. 1064 -- Fair wages.
Senate, No. 1065 -- Dept of Labor and Workforce Development.
Senate, No. 1066 -- Worker's compensation,- private right of action.
Senate, No. 1067 -- Homeland security,- compliance.
Senate, No. 1068 -- Meal break law.
Senate, No. 1069 -- Unemployment insurance.
Senate, No. 1070 -- Comparable work,- define.
Senate, No. 1071 -- Family insurance.
Senate, No. 1072 -- Unemployment insurance,- fairness.
Senate, No. 1073 -- Sick days,- paid.
Senate, No. 1074 -- Workplace equity.
Senate, No. 1075 -- Personnel records.
Senate, No. 1076 -- Worker's compensation.
Senate, No. 1077 -- Adult basic education,- fund.
Senate, No. 1078 -- Healthcare workforce,- study.
Senate, No. 1079 -- Armed services,- worker's compensation.
Senate, No. 1080 -- Workman's compensation,- definition.
Senate, No. 1081 -- Department of Idustrial Accident,- proceedings.
Senate, No. 1082 -- Division of Industrial Accident judges,- address fraud.
Senate, No. 1086 -- Electronic wage cards.
Senate, No. 1087 -- Unemployment insurance,- fairness.
Senate, No. 1088 -- Public employees,- safe workplace.
Senate, No. 1089 -- Unemployment insurance,- part-time.
Senate, No. 1090 -- Electronic monitoring,- employees.
Senate, No. 1091 -- Minimum wage,- large employers.
Senate, No. 1092 -- Minimum wage,- increase .
Senate, No. 1093 -- Consumers and workers.
Senate, No. 1094 -- Citizen service initiative.
Senate, No. 1095 -- Joint labor committee.
Senate, No. 1096 -- Employment opportunities.
Senate, No. 1097 -- Disability adjudication process.
Senate, No. 1098 -- Wage violations,- appeals.
Senate, No. 1099 -- Fraud,-tax and insurance.
Senate, No. 1100 -- Worker's compensation.
Senate, No. 1101 -- Employees records.
Senate, No. 1102 -- Public records law .
Senate, No. 1103 -- Social workers,- injuries.
Senate, No. 1104 -- Unfair labor practice.
Senate, No. 1105 -- Payment of wages,- claims.
Senate, No. 1106 -- Representational elections.
Senate, No. 1107 -- Displaced workers.
Senate, No. 1108 -- Enhance training,- youg workers.
Senate, No. 1109 -- Employee protection.
Senate, No. 1110 -- Whistle blower protection.
Senate, No. 1111 -- Workers' compensation insurance,- provide.
Senate, No. 1112 -- Workers' compensation fraud.
Senate, No. 1113 -- Self sufficiency standard,- Commonwealth.
Senate, No. 2245 -- Commonwealth's workforce,- study.
Senate, No. 2289 -- Worker's compensation,- loss benefit.
Senate, No. 2476 -- Plumbing projects,- high school.
Senate, No. 2528 -- Employment leave,- domestic violence.
Senate, No. 2529 -- Social workers,- injuries.
Senate, No. 2579 -- Employer sanctions,- wage withholding.
Senate, No. 2583 -- Apprentice identification cards.
Senate, No. 2584 -- Personnel records.
Senate, No. 2585 -- Labor,- representational elections.
Senate, No. 2615 -- Labor and Workforce Development,- study.
Senate, No. 2620 -- Unemployment insurance,- fairness.
Senate, No. 2658 -- Labor and Workforce Development,- study.
Senate, No. 2709 -- Labor and Workforce Develpoment,- study.
Senate, No. 2774 -- Labor and Workforce Development.- study.
House, No. 149 -- Immigration.
House, No. 355 -- Economic Development.
House, No. 1069 -- Professional liability insurance.
House, No. 1773 -- Unemployment.
House, No. 1774 -- Self sufficiency standards.
House, No. 1775 -- Unemployment insurance, -multiple jobs.
House, No. 1776 -- Workers' comp., -lump sum settlements.
House, No. 1777 -- Workers compensation.
House, No. 1778 -- Awarding authorities, -cost estimates.
House, No. 1779 -- State employees, -family leave.
House, No. 1780 -- Boston Edison Company, -employee insurance.
House, No. 1781 -- Municipal buildings.
House, No. 1782 -- Employment discrimination.
House, No. 1783 -- Public labor practices.
House, No. 1784 -- Discharged employees.
House, No. 1785 -- Meal breaks, -enforcement.
House, No. 1786 -- Employment agencies.
House, No. 1787 -- Religious organizations, -employees.
House, No. 1788 -- Children, -employment.
House, No. 1789 -- Private construction.
House, No. 1790 -- Campus police.
House, No. 1791 -- Child labor.
House, No. 1792 -- Employees, -drug testing.
House, No. 1793 -- Volunteer firefighters.
House, No. 1794 -- Spousal care, -pension benefits.
House, No. 1795 -- Employee, -define.
House, No. 1796 -- Workers compensation benefits.
House, No. 1797 -- Summer Camp Wage Exemption.
House, No. 1798 -- Permitting.
House, No. 1799 -- Unemployment insurance.
House, No. 1800 -- Workforce training.
House, No. 1801 -- Workforce training fund.
House, No. 1802 -- Safe driver insurance.
House, No. 1803 -- Paid sick days.
House, No. 1804 -- Separation of employment.
House, No. 1805 -- Health care workers.
House, No. 1806 -- Agency service fees.
House, No. 1807 -- Industrial Accidents, -Ostrowski v. Cowls.
House, No. 1808 -- Workplace, -language restrictions.
House, No. 1809 -- Children.
House, No. 1810 -- Labor laws.
House, No. 1811 -- Spot labor shortage problems.
House, No. 1812 -- Household based labor force survey.
House, No. 1813 -- Commercial disputes.
House, No. 1814 -- Mediation.
House, No. 1815 -- Employee protection.
House, No. 1816 --
House, No. 1817 -- Liability insurance.
House, No. 1818 -- Workers, -fairness.
House, No. 1819 -- Workplace, -electronic monitoring.
House, No. 1820 -- Minimum wage.
House, No. 1821 -- Medical leave.
House, No. 1822 -- Health care benefits.
House, No. 1823 -- Prevailing wages.
House, No. 1824 -- Binding arbitration.
House, No. 1825 -- Workers compensation system.
House, No. 1826 -- Medical examiners.
House, No. 1827 -- Workers compensation benefits.
House, No. 1828 -- Injured workers.
House, No. 1829 -- Temporary workers.
House, No. 1830 -- Binding arbitration.
House, No. 1831 -- Sunday wages.
House, No. 1832 -- Minimum training wage.
House, No. 1833 -- Environmental police.
House, No. 1834 -- Unemployment insurance.
House, No. 1835 -- Underground economy.
House, No. 1836 -- Unemployment insurance fraud.
House, No. 1837 -- Non-discrimination training.
House, No. 1838 -- Uniform wages.
House, No. 1839 -- Workers' compensation.
House, No. 1840 -- Workers' compensation.
House, No. 1841 -- Secondary school employees.
House, No. 1842 -- Parochial schools, -teachers.
House, No. 1843 -- Large job layoffs.
House, No. 1844 -- Height and weight discrimination.
House, No. 1845 -- Workplace, -language restrictions.
House, No. 1846 -- Employment postings.
House, No. 1847 -- Child labor laws.
House, No. 1848 -- Employee privacy.
House, No. 1849 -- Time off to vote.
House, No. 1850 -- Workplace psychological harassment.
House, No. 1851 -- Educational employees, -unemployment.
House, No. 1852 -- Workers' compensation, dependency benefits.
House, No. 1853 -- Electronic monitoring.
House, No. 1854 -- Unemployment insurance.
House, No. 1855 -- Unemployment compensation.
House, No. 1856 -- Nonprofit executives,- workers' compensation.
House, No. 1857 -- Honest Businesses and Employees.
House, No. 1858 -- Employer, -definition.
House, No. 1859 -- Video display terminals.
House, No. 1860 -- Human service workers, -living wage.
House, No. 1861 -- Workers' compensation.
House, No. 1862 -- Workers compensation, -regulate.
House, No. 1863 -- Quality care services.
House, No. 1864 -- Injured workers, -medical care.
House, No. 1865 -- Workers compensation system.
House, No. 1866 -- Safe workplaces.
House, No. 1867 -- Public works contracts.
House, No. 1868 -- Workforce boards.
House, No. 1869 -- Comparable work.
House, No. 1870 -- Job creation, -study.
House, No. 2714 -- Employee compensation.
House, No. 3460 -- MBTA, -worker's compensation.
House, No. 3795 -- Workers compensation.
House, No. 3796 -- Workers compensation.
House, No. 3797 -- Workplace, --safety.
House, No. 3798 -- Families, -medical leaves.
House, No. 3799 -- Plant closing.
House, No. 4170 -- Worker's compensation.
House, No. 4374 -- Unemployment insurance rates.
House, No. 4422 -- Mature worker business council.
House, No. 4569 -- Height/weight discrimination, -study.
House, No. 4573 -- Productive workers, -compensation audits.
House, No. 4590 -- Workers' compensation insurance rates.
House, No. 4652 -- Labor and Workforce Development, -study.
House, No. 4726 -- Workplace monitoring, -study.
House, No. 4730 -- Construction contracts, -fairness.
House, No. 4834 -- North Andover, -prevailing wage.

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