S407 - Employee Misclassification/IC Changes. (SL 2017-203)

Overview: S.L. 2017-203 enacts the Employee Fair Classification Act that formally creates the Employee Classification Section (Section) within the Industrial Commission. The Section is authorized to receive complaints of employee misclassification, investigate complaints, coordinate investigations by other State agencies, exchange information among State agencies, and report the results of these investigations. The act also requires State occupational licensing boards to include on every application for a license: (1) a certification that the applicant has read a notice statement on employee misclassification and (2) disclosure, by the applicant, of any investigations for employee misclassification. The provisions dealing with employee misclassification become effective December 31, 2017. The act also requires the Industrial Commission to adopt rules for the utilization of opioids and pain management treatment and exempts the Industrial Commission from a fiscal note requirement to allow rules to be implemented more quickly. These provisions became effective August 11, 2017.