CT SB00330

Designates homemaker-companion agencies, registries, and homemaker-home health aide agencies as the employers of individuals they supply or refer to consumers for purposes of unemployment compensation, wage payment, and workers' compensation liability effective January 1, 2013.

Makes covered agencies responsible for paying unemployment contributions and wages to homemaker service providers during the time they provide services to consumers.

Establishes that homemaker service providers are employees of covered agencies for workers' compensation purposes, regardless of hours worked, while consumers are deemed employers solely for specific statutory purposes.

Extends consumer exemption from workers' compensation liability to immediate family members, household members, and conservators or legal decision-makers acting on behalf of the consumer.

Modifies the definition of "employee" in workers' compensation law to clarify that domestic service workers providing homemaker, companion, or homemaker-home health aide services are covered employees.