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IN HB1337
Bill
Status
1/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
Edward DeLaney
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AI Summary
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Independent workers may establish registered benefit groups through the Indiana Department of Labor to provide work-related benefits including worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, disability coverage, health insurance, retirement savings, skills training, student loan repayment assistance, and transportation services.
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Benefit groups must establish hourly rates that include amounts for each chosen work-related benefit plus administrative costs capped at 0.5% of the benefit cost, unless members approve a higher amount.
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A statewide benefit group council, with one representative from each registered group, recommends and administers work-related benefits, receives funds from employers for benefits, and remits amounts to appropriate state agencies.
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Benefit groups may not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or ancestry; cannot operate as for-profit entities; and cannot require noncompete agreements from workers who resign membership.
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Both benefit groups and the council must file annual reports with the Department of Labor; the law becomes effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Benefits for independent workers. Requires one or more independent workers who want to establish a benefit group (group) to provide work-related benefits to group members to register with the department of labor (department) and file annual reports with the department commissioner summarizing the group's activities. Requires the group to establish an hourly rate or rates for payment of services performed by a group member, including in each hourly rate an amount attributable to each work-related benefit chosen by a group member, plus an amount, not to exceed 0.5%, attributable to the cost of administering that work-related benefit, unless the members
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
1/16/2018