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Bill would clarify worker‑cooperative status and permit certain co‑ops to serve as hiring halls; sponsor frames as fix to misclassification disputes
Summary
H 5682 would allow worker cooperatives to specify in their bylaws that they furnish skilled labor through members and to avoid certain misclassification disputes; sponsor said it would help co‑ops operate in project‑based industries while keeping member control.
The committee heard introductory testimony on H 5682, a bill to clarify the legal role of worker cooperatives that supply skilled labor and to permit such cooperatives under certain conditions to operate as hiring halls that connect members to project‑based work.
A designee presented the measure on behalf of Representative Vosse and said the bill…
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