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2021 SESSION
SB 1323 Worker classification; qualification of independent contractors.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Worker classification; independent contractors. Provides that in a proceeding involving allegations of worker misclassification an individual or business is not considered an employee with respect to a hiring party if the person qualifies as an independent contractor relative to the hiring party under the common law right-of control test as established by the Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 87-41, by an applicable determination of the Internal Revenue Service, or if (i) the individual or business signs a written contract with the hiring party stating that the individual or business is self-employed or is being engaged as an independent contractor and containing certain acknowledgments, (ii) the individual or business has the right to control the manner and means by which the final result of the work is to be accomplished, and (iii) four or more additional criteria provided for in the bill are satisfied. The bill also provides that a hiring party alleging that a worker misclassification claim is frivolous or improper may file a motion to dismiss such claim. The bill provides that a contract or written agreement expressly stating that a claimant is not considered an employee is considered as prima facie evidence of a violation of frivolous pleading provisions.
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- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101717D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/25/21 Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/25/21 Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
- 02/01/21 Senate: Committee amendments
- 02/01/21 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary with letter (10-Y 5-N)