Labor Law and State Capital Construction Process Workgroup
Biennium
2020-2022
Budget Round
Amended Bill
Half Sheet Number
111 #1c
Description
This amendment updates language for a workgroup examining remedies for alleged labor law violations on the state's capital construction contracts. In addition the amendment initiates several concepts discussed by this workgroup including: an infrastructure established by the Secretary of Finance and the Chief Workforce Development Advisor to investigate alleged labor law violations, training for procurement officers on current labor laws, and an interagency taskforce to share data on substantiated findings of worker misclassification and wage theft. Item 120 contains additional resources to effectuate the provisions of this budget amendment. Upon enrolling, this item will be moved to a new secretariat pursuant to the passage of House Bill 2321 in the 2021 General Assembly.