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NC S436

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/28/2017

Primary Sponsor

Trudy Wade

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "employment" under North Carolina's unemployment insurance law to include service involving delivery, distribution, and sale of newspapers, shopping news, and magazines.

  • Removes the rebuttable presumption in workers' compensation law that excluded newspaper and magazine sales personnel from employee status when compensation is based on retained revenue.

  • Amends the definition of "employee" in workers' compensation to classify newspaper and magazine delivery, distribution, and sales workers as employees entitled to coverage.

  • Effective date of January 1, 2018.

Legislative Description

UI & WC/Newsprint Employees

Last Action

Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

4/11/2017

Committee Referrals

Commerce and Insurance4/11/2017
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/29/2017

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