Committee concurs with House changes to S.117, including workers' compensation, UI date shifts and reporting on late payments

The Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs Committee voted to concur with the House on S.117 on a recorded concurrence vote, advancing changes that move workers' compensation provisions into S.117, delay parts of the unemployment insurance modernization and require new reporting on late workers' compensation wage payments.

The concurrence matters because the changes shift implementation dates, clarify workers' compensation procedures for non-English speakers and create a one-year reporting requirement intended to measure the scope of late wage payments by employers.

Sophie, from the Office of Legislative Council, told the committee that S.117 “started off from the Department of Labor” and noted that “sections 1 through 4” tied to expedited rulemaking were removed after the Secretary of State raised concerns. She said those two offices “are going to work together in the summer looking at…