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NC S693

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/26/2015

Primary Sponsor

Robert Rucho

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Origin

Senate

2015-2016 Session

AI Summary

  • Adds service involving delivery, distribution, sale of newspapers, shopping news, or magazines to the definition of "employment" covered under North Carolina's unemployment insurance system.

  • Removes the rebuttable presumption that newspaper and magazine vendors are not employees for workers' compensation purposes, making them eligible for workers' compensation coverage.

  • Expands unemployment insurance and workers' compensation coverage to include all employees of news and advertising employers, closing previous exclusions for newspaper delivery and sales workers.

  • Effective upon enactment.

Legislative Description

UI and Workers' Comp for Newsprint Employees

Last Action

Re-ref Com On Commerce

4/9/2015

Committee Referrals

Commerce4/9/2015
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/30/2015

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