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Senate advances bill to protect newspaper delivery contractors despite labor opposition
Summary
Senate Bill 91, which would add statutory criteria excluding certain printed-news deliverers from some employee definitions, passed its committee reports and was adopted on second reading after extensive floor debate over impacts on local newspapers and worker protections.
Senate Bill 91 moved through the Colorado Senate on April 28 after robust debate about how to treat newspaper delivery workers.
Sponsor Senator Snyder framed the bill as a narrow statutory response to court rulings and administrative-law tests used in cases such as those involving the Denver Post. Snyder said committee members drafted a strike-below amendment to codify criteria judges have used when distinguishing independent contractors from employees, with the…
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