IN HR0005

Urges the legislative council to assign the pension management oversight commission the task of studying worker misclassification.

Identifies that employers misclassifying employees as independent contractors avoid withholding income taxes and paying payroll-related costs including Social Security, Medicare, workers' compensation, and unemployment insurance.

Notes that workers misclassified as independent contractors lose protections under minimum wage, overtime, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and collective bargaining laws.

States that worker misclassification costs federal and state governments billions of dollars and denies workers entitled benefits.

Directs the committee to operate under legislative council direction and issue a final report when directed by the council.