LaborIndustry_Committee

Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | 10: 30 a.m.

Room 8E-A, East Wing

Public hearing on the nomination of Jennifer Berrier as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Industry

Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Thursday, June 10, 2021 |11:00 a.m.

North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 and Virtual Participation

Public hearing on SB 320 (Non-compete clauses in broadcast employment agreements)

11:00 to 11:15    Introductions

Senator Camera Bartolotta, Chairwoman
Senator Christine Tartaglione, Minority Chairwoman

11:15 to noon    Broadcast Employee Panel

Kerri Wood Einertson, National Legislative Director, SAG-AFTRA  – Testimony
Mary Cavallaro, Chief Broadcast Executive, SAG-AFTRA  – Testimony
Sam Clover, Traffic Reporter, KYW Newsradio – Philadelphia  – Testimony
Pat Ciarrocchi, Retired Anchor, CBS3 – Philadelphia  – Testimony
Stoney Richards, Radio Host, Y108 (WDSY-FM) – Pittsburgh  – Testimony

Noon to 12:45    Broadcast Employer Panel

Bob Bee, Vice President and General Manager, WHTM ABC 27 – Harrisburg
Chris Topf, Vice President and General Manager, WPMT Fox 43 TV – York
Ezio Torres, General Manager, Radio1/Urban1 – Philadelphia
Joe Conti, President, Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters – Testimony  – Additional Testimony

12:45 to 1:00    Closing Remarks

Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 | 9:30 a.m.

NOB, Hearing Room 1 and Virtual Participation

SB 567 (Brooks) – Requires the use of the Department of Homeland Security’s CISA guidance to identify essential businesses in future disaster declarations.

SB 617 (Tartaglione) – Requires an employer to provide up to six weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to an eligible employee to care for a terminally ill sibling, grandparent or grandchild, provided the sibling, grandparent or grandchild has no living spouse, child over 17 years of age or parent under 65 years of age.

SB 689 (Baker) – Requires the Department of Labor & Industry to reinstitute UC work search and job registration requirements.

HB 664 (Hershey) – Allows minors to operate temporary businesses, such as lemonade stands, in municipalities or homeowners associations without having to obtain a business license or permit.

Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 | 12:00 noon

NOB, Hearing Room 1 and Virtual Participation

SB 319 (Bartolotta) – Amends the Workers’ Compensation Act to clarify that employers may recoup medical expenses paid to an employee for a workplace injury when a settlement or award of damages is obtained against a third party for the same injury.

SB 486 (Sabatina) – Amends the Workforce Development Act to provide members of the PA National Guard and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces who serve on active duty, as well as their spouses, preference for placement into job training programs for one year after discharge.

SB 563 (Laughlin) – Amends the Fire and Panic Act to require interconnected smoke detectors in family child care homes.

HB 178 (James) – Amends the Unemployment Compensation Law to increase the time a party (claimant or employer) has to file an appeal to a determination from a UC Service Center or a decision from a UC Referee.

• A00813 (Bartolotta) – Provides for delivery of appeal notices by electronic means to claimants and employers who opt for that form of delivery and makes technical changes to correct errors made in Act 144 of 2016.

Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 | 11:30 a.m.

Senate Chamber and Virtual Participation

• SB 69 (Langerholc) – Establishes the Recovery to Work program to provide individuals in recovery from addiction with career development opportunities and exposure to high-priority and in-demand occupations and interview and soft skills training and to provide Local Workforce Development Boards with funding to support program and business partners in implementing pilot programs. 

• SB 147 (Langerholc) – Requires employers who have a certified safety committee as part of their Workers’ Compensation program to include information about the risks associated with the use of opioids.

• SB 168 (Hughes) – Adds “forward-facing employment data” as a criteria to be used by the Department of Labor and Industry when identifying industry clusters and targeted industry clusters and imposes additional requirements on the Department for producing and disseminating employment data.

• SB 191 (J. Ward) – Excludes historic agricultural buildings used for weddings, receptions and similar social events from the requirements of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act so long as certain safety conditions are met.

• HB 157 (Fee) – Repeals Act 109 of 1978, which established the Milrite Council. Act 109 provided for a limited duration of the council, which terminated at the end of 1994.

Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 | 12 noon

North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 (and Virtual Participation)

To consider nominees to the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

• Albert Mezzaroba (reappointment)
• Gary Masino

Senate Labor and Industry Committee

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (approx. 7:15 p.m.)

Off the Floor (Senate Chamber and Virtual Participation)

Meeting to consider House Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution #1

House Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution Number 1 – The concurrent resolution would prohibit the Department of Labor & Industry from publishing Regulation #12-106, which updates the minimum wage and overtime exemptions for administrative, executive and professional employees.