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IN SB0249
Bill
AI Summary
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Grants subpoena power to four state agencies (Department of State Revenue, Department of Labor, Worker's Compensation Board, and Department of Workforce Development) to compel witness attendance, document production, and sworn testimony when investigating suspected improper worker classification by construction contractors
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Authorizes the Worker's Compensation Board to issue stop work orders against employers who fail to carry required worker's compensation insurance or provide satisfactory proof of self-insurance
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Stop work orders served at a worksite apply to that location only; orders served directly on an employer apply to all non-compliant worksites operated by that employer
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Employers violating a stop work order face civil penalties of $1,000 per day of non-compliance, with collected penalties deposited into the worker's compensation supplemental administrative fund
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Employers may request reconsideration of a stop work order within 10 days; orders remain in effect during appeal unless the employer posts a bond or cash deposit of at least $5,000 or $1,000 per covered worker, whichever is greater
Legislative Description
Improper worker classification. Authorizes the department of state revenue, the department of labor, the worker's compensation board, and the department of workforce development to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of records and to question witnesses under oath when conducting an investigation of any suspected improper worker classification by a construction contractor. Allows the worker's compensation board to issue a stop work order as an additional remedy against an employer that does not have the required insurance and has not furnished satisfactory proof of self-insurance. Provides that service of a stop work order on a worksite
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
1/3/2018