Worker COVID Vaccinations, TDI Increases, NDAs: See Bills Before RI House Labor Committee on Weds.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The House Labor Committee will meet Wednesday for hearings on numerous bills concerning workers.
The committee is scheduled to meet on March 15 at 5 PM in Room 101 on the first floor of the State House.
Among the bills scheduled for hearings are:
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST2023-H 5447 — Sponsored by Rep. Grace Diaz (D-Dist. 11, Providence), this bill would increase the taxable wage base upon which employees make contributions to the Temporary Disability Insurance and Temporary Caregiver Insurance funds, increase individual benefit rates for lower wage individuals, and allow self-employed workers to participate.
2023-H 5929 — This bill sponsored by Rep. Teresa A. Tanzi (D-Dist. 34, South Kingstown, Narragansett) forbids employers from requiring employees to execute nondisclosure or nondisparagement agreements regarding alleged violations of civil rights or criminal conduct as a condition of employment.
2023-H 6080 — Sponsored by Rep. Sherry Roberts (R-Dist. 29, West Greenwich, Coventry), this bill prohibits private employers from mandating a COVID-19 vaccination for full-time, part-time, or contract employees without providing individual exemptions that allow an employee to opt out.
The meeting will be at https://www.rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx and televised by Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox Communications on channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3Broadband (Formerly Full Channel) on channel 15; and on Verizon on channel 34.
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