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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor
Subcommittee Labor and Employment

Surovell (Chair), Marsden, Obenshain

Staff: Thomas Stevens, Marvi Ali
Date of Meeting: February 3, 2022
Time and Place: 10 AM / Subcommittee Room 1, 5th Floor, Pocahontas Building

S.B. 352

Patron: Surovell

Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers, grocery store workers, and home health workers who provide agency-directed services. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide consumer-directed services. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. Additionally the bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for certain other health care providers.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-33.3 and 40.1-33.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers; waiver for certain employees.

22102116D

S.B. 538

Patron: Peake

Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor. Provides that a contractor, regardless of tier, has a valid defense to a claim for nonpayment of wages if he obtains a written certification from the subcontractor stating that (i) the subcontractor and each of his sub-subcontractors has paid all employees all wages due for the period during which the wages are claimed for the work performed on the project and (ii) to the subcontractor's knowledge, all sub-subcontractors below the subcontractor, regardless of tier, have similarly paid their employees all such wages.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 11-4.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor.

22102773D

S.B. 624

Patron: Favola

Paid sick leave; home health workers providing agency-directed services. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide agency-directed services. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide consumer-directed services. The bill provides that "employer" includes the Commonwealth, any of its agencies, institutions, or political subdivisions, and any public body.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-33.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to paid sick leave; home health workers providing agency-directed services.

22103398D

S.B. 631

Patron: Barker

Fair Labor Standards Act; overtime; employer liability. Replaces the current provisions of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act with the provision that any employer that violates the overtime wage requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and any related laws and regulations, shall be liable to its employee for remedies or other relief available under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 40.1-29, 40.1-29.1, and 40.1-29.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Fair Labor Standards Act; overtime; employer liability.

22103916D

S.B. 769

Patron: Reeves

Unemployment compensation; program integrity.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 60.2-612.1, relating to unemployment compensation; program integrity.

22104974D