Vermont H 337: An act relating to the classification of independent contractors

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H.337 1
Introduced by Representatives Logan of Burlington, Bos-Lun of Westminster, 2
Casey of Montpelier, Cina of Burlington, Cole of Hartford, 3
Cordes of Bristol, Headrick of Burlington, Hooper of 4
Burlington, McCann of Montpelier, McGill of Bridport, 5
Priestley of Bradford, and Tomlinson of Winooski 6
Referred to Committee on 7
Date: 8
Subject: Labor; Commissioner of Labor; duties 9
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require the 10
Commissioner of Labor to make public enforcement actions taken against 11
employers for violations of wage and hour, prevailing wage, and child labor 12
laws. 13
An act relating to duties of the Commissioner of Labor 14
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 15
Sec. 1. 21 V.S.A. § 4 is amended to read: 16
§ 4. DUTIES AS TO EMPLOYMENT AND PAYMENT OF WAGES 17
(a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s agent shall make 18
examinations and investigations to see that the laws pertaining to the 19

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employment of minors and the weekly payment of wages are being complied 1
with and for such purposes may enter any place where persons are employed. 2
(b) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s agent shall publish 3
information on the enforcement actions taken by the Department of Labor’s 4
Wage and Hour Program concerning minimum wage, overtime, prevailing 5
wage, and child labor. The information shall be published in a searchable 6
format on a publicly accessible website. The identity of complainants shall be 7
excluded, as well as information that is more than six years old. 8
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 9
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 10