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Stimulus COBRA
Subsidy has Employers Seeing Double
Massachusetts employers will apparently be required to
continue funding the state Medical Security Plan for unemployed workers
while also paying a refundable 65 percent subsidy for COBRA benefits
included in the economic stimulus bill signed by President Obama.
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Issues
Support
for H.4802, Employee Records
AIM testimony in support of H. 4802, Employee Records
Criminal
Offender Record Information (CORI) Bill
AIM Letter to Criminal Offender Register Information Conference
Committee
Issues
Pending before the Senate Committee
AIM testimony regarding several matters currently pending before the
Senate Committee on Ways and Means
S.673,
An Act to establish employment leave and safety remedies to victims of
domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault
AIM testimony in support for S.673, An Act to establish employment leave
and safety remedies to victims of domestic violence, stalking, and
sexual assault currently pending before the Senate Committee on Ways
& Means.
AIM
opposition relative to various HR-Labor Law proposals effecting job
creation
AIM urges legislators to reject these proposals and others that do not
create a more positive business. Our shared focus should be on
supporting public policy that will spur job creation broadly for highly
skilled workers and especially for those that work in traditional lines
of work.
S. 474, An act Establishing Family and Employment
Security Through the Provision of Temporary Disability Insurance and
Family Temporary Disability Insurance
AIM is opposed to this S.474 currently pending before the committee
today because it would put Massachusetts at a disadvantage, subjecting
the state’s businesses to more than $1 billion in additional costs
while imposing an illogical and inefficient, "one size fits all"
prescription on employers.
H.1814, An act relative to unemployment insurance reform
and H.3579, An act relative to eliminating the medical security
trust
AIM wishes to be recorded in support of H.1814, An act
relative to unemployment insurance reform and H.3579, An act relative to
eliminating the medical security trust and urges the committee to give
both bills a favorable report
H.1847, An Act relative to notification of large job
layoffs
AIM urges members of the committee to give H.1847 an
unfavorable report because it would create another Massachusetts
specific law and regulatory framework increasing the cost of doing
business.
AIM testimony in support of H.3582, an act relative to
the payment of wages
This proposal would permit Massachusetts
employers to pay hourly workers semi-monthly. Semi-monthly pay results
in 24 pay periods a year, while bi-weekly pay, which was passed by the
Legislature in 1992, has 26 pay periods a year..
AIM testimony in support of H.3583, An Act regarding
treble damages and S.719, An Act relative to willful violations of the
wage law
The Treble Damages Act (S.1059) passed during the last legislative
session reversed a Supreme Judicial Court decision that allowed judges
to decide whether or not to award treble damages to workers who win
wage-violation lawsuits, based on the intent of the employer, and now
unfairly penalizes employers who have a good-faith wage dispute with an
employee. H.3583 and S.719 would provide the necessary relief for
employers acting in good faith.
AIM Testimony before the Joint Committee on Labor and
Workforce Development
Various bills before the Joint Committee on Labor and
Workforce Development
S. 688 and H. 1815, An Act establishing Paid Sick
Days
AIM testimony in opposition to S. 688 and H. 1815,
An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days
H. 1794, An Act to Prohibit Restrictive Employment
Covenants and H. 1799, An Act Relative to Non-Compete Agreements
AIM Testimony Opposing An Act to Prohibit Restrictive Employment
Covenants and An Act Relative to Non-Compete Agreements
AIM Testimony regarding various bills before the Joint
Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Statement of Associated Industries of Massachusetts
before Senate Chair Thomas M. McGee, House Chair Cheryl A. Coakley
Rivera and members of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce
Development
AIM Testimony on Parental Leave
AIM testimony in opposition to S.44, An Act Relative To Parental
Leave
AIM testimony in opposition to paid leave mandate
bills
AIM Opposes Bills Relative to the Establishment of a Paid Family Leave
Program in Massachusetts
S.1404 An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Commission
Against Discrimination
AIM's testimony in support of S. 1404, An Act Relative to
the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
S.792, An Act to allow municipalities to conduct
fingerprint based background checks of federal records for employment
and licensing purposes
AIM's testimony in support of S.792, An act to allow municipalities to
conduct fingerprint based background checks of federal records for
employment and licensing purposes
S.1595, An Act to Enhance the Criminal Offender Register
Information System
AIM testimony in support of S. 1595, An Act to Enhance
the Criminal Offender Register Information System
S.204 - An Act Relative to the Notification of Large Job
Layoffs and Concerns with H.333 - An Act Relative to Economic
Development and Fiscal Accountability
AIM testimony in opposition to S. 204, An Act
relative to the notification of large job layoffs and concerns with H.
333, An Act relative to economic development and fiscal
accountability
H.2233 - An Act Making Uniform the Law Regarding Trade
Secrets
AIM testimony in support of H.2233 - An Act Making Uniform the Law
Regarding Trade Secrets
H.336 - An Act Establishing a Massachusetts Work Family
Council
AIM testimony in opposition of H.336, An Act
Establishing a Massachusetts Work-Family Council
AIM's letter regarding Senate Budget and pending
amendments
AIM Position regarding tax, Workforce Training Fund and other pending
amendments to the Senate Budget
AIM's letter regarding the Workforce Training
fund
Support for Full Funding of the Employer Funded Workforce Training
Fund
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)
The Employee Free Choice Act introduced into both houses of Congress
on March 10 threatens to change the landscape of union/management
relations more than any piece of legislation since the National Labor
Relations Act of 1935.
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Wage & Hour
An Act Clarifying the Payment of Wages
This proposal would permit
Massachusetts employers to pay hourly workers semi-monthly. Semi-monthly
pay results in 24 pay periods a year, while bi-weekly pay, which was
passed by the Legislature in 1992, has 26 pay periods a
year.
An Act to Correct the Treble Damages Law
AIM legislation adds an important element to the so-called treble
damages bill, which Governor Patrick allowed to become law in 2008
without his amendment or his signature. The bill provides a safe harbor
for employers who make a good-faith effort to abide by wage and hour
laws.
Employer Access to Criminal Records
An Act Enhancing the Criminal Offender Register
Information System
AIM’s bill improves the accuracy of the data maintained in the
commonwealth’s Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) system.
AIM supports the ability of employers to access the criminal records of
job applicants as a means of ensuring the safety of employees, customers
and vendors. The bill upgrades technology and
record-keeping systems; provides employer training; requires
notification when negative information is added to a personnel record;
and provides employers with immunity from civil liability when
disclosing truthful information about a current or former
employee.
Workplace Discrimination
An Act Relative to Non-Discrimination Training in the
Workplace
AIM files a bill to encourage employers to educate and train employees
about state and federal laws on workplace discrimination, harassment and
retaliation. Employers providing this type of training gain an
affirmative defense against lawsuits claiming workplace discrimination
by supervisory and management personnel.
An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination
AIM files legislation to improve the functioning of the
MCAD and its ability to provide timely due process and equity for all
parties by requiring guidelines and standardized procedures. The
proposed changes will improve the competitiveness of Massachusetts
businesses.
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