The remaining 2022 meetings of the Misclassification Task Force are scheduled as follows:
Thursday, July 28 (Noon)
Friday, September 30 (Noon)
Friday, December 9 (Noon)
Please email the Chair of the Task Force to attend via Teams or to request the opportunity to participate in person if you require a reasonable accommodation to do so; email: christopher.curtis@vermont.gov.
The next meeting of the Misclassification Task Force is Monday, March 28 at 12:00pm (Noon) EST. Please email the chair at christopher.curtis@vermont.gov if you would like to participate or view the meeting using an online link.
The Misclassification Task Force met Noon EST on Thursday, December 30, 2021; Agenda: discussion and vote on misclassification task force report.
The Misclassification Task Force will meet Wednesday, October 6, 2021 from 2pm-3pm.
Agenda:
- Welcome
- Public Hearing Review and Discussion
- Structure of Report
- Background/Process
- Data Collection
- Recommendations
- Additional Testimony or Information Gathering
- Adjourn
The Misclassification Task Force held public hearings on August 26th and 27th. Links to the recorded public hearings may be found here: 26th; 27th.
The Misclassification Task Force will meet Monday, June 28th at Noon. Interested parties may email the Chair for a link to the meeting at: christopher.curtis@vermont.gov. Agenda to be posted soon.
Agenda:
1) Welcome
2) Discussion of form and procedure for public hearings.
3) Adjourn
The Misclassification Task Force will meet Friday, March 5th at Noon. Interested parties may email the Chair for a link to the meeting at: christopher.curtis@vermont.gov. Click here for the agenda. Click here for the March 5th meeting minutes.
Members of the public wishing to appear in person may attend at the Pavilion Building, 109 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont (2nd Floor Conference Room). Please let the conference organizer know if you wish to do so by calling: 802-279-5496 or emailing: christopher.curtis@vermont.gov.
Misclassification Task Force
Act 85 (eff. July, 2020) established an Employee Misclassification Task Force. The purpose of the Task Force is to “coordinate efforts to combat misclassification of workers and to ensure enforcement of all related laws and regulations.” Other directives of the Task Force include: ensuring that “all State agencies coordinate their efforts to combat employee misclassification in a manner that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of those efforts.” And, importantly, the Task Force is to submit a report to the committees of jurisdiction (House Commerce and Senate Economic Development) “regarding ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the system of joint enforcement by the Commissioner of Labor and the Attorney General of the laws related to employee misclassification…”, including but not limited to examination of:
(1) potential legislative changes to address shortcomings or difficulties identified by the Task Force in relation to the system of joint enforcement;
(2) potential legislative changes to enable either the Commissioner of Labor or the Attorney General to seek the full, combined range of penalties and remedies that are currently available to them through joint enforcement;
(3) whether to expand the joint enforcement of the laws related to employee misclassification to include additional agencies or departments of the State and potential legislative changes to accomplish such an expansion;
(4) the possibility of creating a private right of action to enforce the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapters 2 and 3, and 21 V.S.A. chapters 9 and 17 that relate to employee misclassification; and
(5) the possibility of creating a private attorneys general act modeled on California law for the enforcement of the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapters 2 and 3, and 21 V.S.A. chapters 9 and 17 that relate to employee misclassification.
A written report of the Task Force is due on or before January 15, 2022.
Task Force Members:
Secretary of Administration (or designee)
Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (or designee)
Secretary of the Agency of Human Services (or designee)
Commissioner of Buildings and General Services (or designee)
Commissioner of Financial Regulation (or designee)
Commissioner of Labor (or designee)
Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery (or designee)
Commissioner of Tax (or designee)
The Task Force is convened and Chaired by the Attorney General (or designee).