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MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to assign
to the Pension Management Oversight Commission the topic of worker
misclassification.
Whereas, An employer that classifies an employee as an
independent contractor takes advantage of the fact that the
law requires employers to withhold income taxes and to pay
various employee-based payroll costs (such as Social
Security and Medicare taxes, worker's compensation
insurance, and unemployment insurance) only for employees;
Whereas, Employees classified as "independent
contractors" are not fully protected under minimum wage,
overtime, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance,
collective bargaining, and other employer-based laws; and
Whereas, Worker misclassification costs the federal and
state governments billions of dollars and denies workers the
benefits that should be given to them: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the legislative council is urged to assign to the
Pension Management Oversight Commission established under
IC 2-5-12 the topic of worker misclassification.
SECTION 2. That the committee shall operate under the direction
of the legislative council, and that the committee shall issue a final
report on this topic when directed to do so by the council.