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IN HB1401
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Michael Karickhoff
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AI Summary
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Four state agencies (Department of State Revenue, Department of Labor, Worker's Compensation Board, and Department of Workforce Development) must submit annual reports on worker misclassification to the interim study committee on employment and labor before November 1 each year for three years starting in 2019.
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Reports must include the number of employers found to have improperly classified workers as independent contractors, the total number of misclassified workers, and calculations of lost state revenue or additional costs attributed to misclassification.
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Agencies must report the amount of penalties and interest assessed against violating employers and how much has actually been collected.
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Residential contractors working on 1-3 family homes (not exceeding two habitable stories above one uninhabitable story) are exempted from the "employer" definition for these reporting requirements.
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The reporting requirements expire December 31, 2021, and all reports must be submitted in electronic format.
Legislative Description
Reporting on worker misclassification. Requires the department of state revenue, the state department of labor, the worker's compensation board of Indiana, and the department of workforce development to report before November 1 of each year for three years, beginning November 1, 2019, to the interim study committee on employment and labor for the immediately preceding state fiscal year: (1) the number of employers that each department or the board determined during the immediately preceding state fiscal year improperly classified at least one worker as an independent contractor; (2) the total number of improperly classified workers employed by those employers; (3) the department's or board's calculation of the revenue not collected or the additional costs to the state that the department or board attributes to the improperly classified workers; and (4) the amount of the penalties and interest assessed against those employers by each department or the board, and the amount of the penalties and interest assessed that has been collected. Excepts residential contractors from the term "employer" for purposes of the reporting requirements.
Last Action
Representative Beck added as coauthor
1/29/2019