TEAMSTERS CALL ON MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS TO VOTE DOWN WORKER MISCLASSIFICATION BILL
BOSTON, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters are calling on Massachusetts lawmakers to vote against H.1099/S.666, legislation that paves the way for the expansion of worker misclassification throughout the Commonwealth.
- BOSTON, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters are calling on Massachusetts lawmakers to vote against H.1099/S.666, legislation that paves the way for the expansion of worker misclassification throughout the Commonwealth.
- The bill tacitly legitimizes misclassification of professional drivers by providing a small portion of collective bargaining rights that workers should already have under federal law.
- In doing so, the bill undermines a Massachusetts law that applies a three-tiered approach (the "ABC" test) for determining employment status.
- Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.