SB150 Alabama 2022 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Labor, definitions of employment, marketplace contractors under certain conditions not an employee of marketplace platform, Sec. 25-4-121 repealed; Sec. 25-4-10, 25-5-1 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, for purposes of wage reporting and taxation, workers are generally classified as either an employee of a business entity or an independent contractor</p><p class="bill_description"> Also under existing law, the term "employment" is defined, and various exclusions from the defined term are also included</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would further provide for the definition of "employment" to exclude certain marketplace contractors who work for certain marketplace platforms, such as Uber, Grubhub, Lyft, Waitr, etc., to clarify that under state law, these workers are not employees, but instead operate as independent contractors</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would repeal certain requirements imposed on the Department of Labor during a state of emergency</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to industrial relations and labor; to amend Section 25-4-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to exclude certain marketplace contractors who work for certain marketplace platforms from the definition of employment; to repeal Section f Act 2021-6, 2021 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 25-4-121, Code of Alabama 1975; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style. </p>

Subjects

Labor