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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 1051

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Relating to: investigation and audit of worker misclassification and making an appropriation. (FE)

Employment Public employee Workforce development department of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Unemployment Insurance Division in the Department of

Workforce Development to coordinate with the Division of Personnel Management

in the Department of Administration to review all recruitment and onboarding

programs to ensure that auditor positions are correctly classified and the

compensation for auditors is comparable to that in the private labor market. The bill

also requires DWD to review resources available to investigators and auditors and

evaluate potential strategies and improvements that could be implemented by the

department. The bill also requires DWD to submit a report to the legislature of its

findings no later than January 31, 2023.

Finally, the bill authorizes three full-time positions for DWD to perform

investigations and audits regarding worker misclassification.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Wirch (D)

23 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bowen (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hong (D) , Milroy (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 9, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wirch, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Ringhand and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Andraca, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Doyle, Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hong, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink

  2. Mar 9, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1