LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
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    LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

    Advantage Virginia Incentive Program; created to provide scholarships to students who become employed in occupational areas of high demand. Adding §§ 23-38.53:12 through 23-38.53:15, 58.1-339.6, 58.1-372, 58.1-395 and 58.1-439.11. (Patron-Scott, HB 2694)

    Assisted living options, affordable; Department of Housing and Community Development to review national model building and safety codes to identify any such appropriate category for health and safety features as may foster development thereof. (Patron-Diamonstein, HJR 750)

    Background Investigations and Security Clearances on Employees and Contractors, Effectiveness of Privatizing; Report of Department of Personnel and Training (Item 58B, Chapter 464, 1998 Acts). (HD 37)

    Boilers, antique or model; certification of operation. Amending § 40.1-51.8; adding §§ 40.1-51.19:1 through 40.1-51.19:5. (Patron-Quayle, SB 992)

    Child and spousal support; garnishment when U.S. third party. Amending § 20-78.1. (Patron-Ticer, SB 1092; Puckett, SB 1179)

    Child support; penalty for an employer to fail or refuse to withhold from an employee's earnings. Amending § 20-79.3. (Patron-Day, HB 725)

    Child support; penalty for employer to fail to comply with wage withholding order. Amending §§ 16.1-278.16, 20-79.3, 20-80 and 63.1-258. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 527)

    Collective bargaining; changes in provisions. Amending §§ 40.1-57.2 and 40.1-57.3. (Patron-Schrock, SB 1110)

    Crane Operators Safety Act; created. Adding §§ 40.1-51.42 through 40.1-51.46. (Patron-Woodrum, HB 2253)

    Deferred Retirement Option Plan; created. Adding §§ 51.1-170 through 51.1-180. (Patron-Stolle, SB 210)

    Deferred Retirement Option Program; created. Adding §§ 51.1-170 through 51.1-176. (Patron-Stolle, SB 854)

    Displaced Workers and Professionals Financial Assistance Program and Fund; created. Adding §§ 23-38.60:1, 23-38.60:2 and 23-38.60:3. (Patron-Robinson, HB 2422)

    Embezzlement; applicable to employers who withhold for child support and fail to make required payment. Adding § 18.2-111.2. (Patron-Armstrong, HB 2254)

    Employee Relations Counselors, Department of; rotation of hearing officers. Amending § 2.1-116.03. (Patron-Gartlan, SB 742)

    Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Information and Resource Service Within Executive Branch of Government, Establishing an; Report of Secretaries of Administration and of Finance, Department of Planning and Budget, and Commonwealth Competition Council (Item 53B, Chapter 464, 1998 Acts). (HD 10)

    Employees of companies who have contracts with State or receive industrial revenue bonds or tax credits; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study costs and benefits of requiring that a "living wage" be paid thereto. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SJR 437)

    Employer misconduct; deemed violations of safety and health standards. Amending § 40.1-49.4. (Patron-Hull, HB 1011)

    Employer references; defamation immunity. Adding § 8.01-46.1. (Patron-Sherwood, HB 907; Sherwood, HB 2465; Quayle, SB 474; Quayle, SB 953)

    Employer references of law-enforcement officer applicants; defamation immunity. Adding § 8.01-46.1. (Patron-Colgan, SB 1020)

    Employment and housing; prohibits discriminatory practices based on sexual orientation. Amending §§ 2.1-716, 2.1-725, 36-96.1, 36-96.3, 36-96.4, 36-96.6 and 55-248.47. (Patron-Baskerville, HB 2718; Whipple, SB 1121)

    Employment list; Employment Commission to publish list of jobs, trades, etc., for which there is a high demand of qualified workers. Amending § 60.2-113. (Patron-Maxwell, SB 1130)

    Gainsharing as a Component of Managed Competition; Report of Department of Personnel and Training (Item 58C, Chapter 464, 1998 Acts). (HD 36)

    Garnishments; form for wage and nonwage garnishments. Amending §§ 8.01-511, 8.01-512.3, 8.01-513 and 8.01-514; adding §§ 8.01-511.1 and 8.01-512.3:1; repealing § 8.01-517. (Patron-Albo, HB 1303)

    Governmental employee associations; certain activities permitted. Amending § 40.1-57.3. (Patron-Darner, HB 2265)

    Grievance procedures; decisions on allegations of patient abuse within Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. Amending § 2.1-116.07. (Patron-Hanger, SB 1302)

    Health insurance; credits for retired state employees and teachers. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1:2 and 2.1-20.1:3. (Patron-Parrish, HB 1772; Putney, HB 1844)

    Health insurance; credits for retired state employees, participation in state benefits program. Amending § 2.1-20.1:2; adding § 2.1-20.1:5. (Patron-Stosch, SB 955)

    Health insurance; credits for retired state employees, participation in state health plan. Amending § 2.1-20.1:2. (Patron-Tate, HB 1643)

    Health insurance; employees in Richmond City transferred from state to local employment are eligible for retirement health benefits. Amending Chapter 639, 1995 Acts. (Patron-Lambert, SB 843)

    Health insurance; group insurance for local employees and former employees. Amending § 15.2-1517. (Patron-Scott, HB 2693)

    Health insurance; Joint Commission on Health Care, et al., to develop a pooled purchasing model therefor to determine if such an arrangement could improve affordability and availability of insurance for small employers. (Patron-Walker, SJR 489)

    Health insurance; Joint Commission on Health Care to study efficient and economical ways to provide group coverage for self-employed individuals. (Patron-Marshall, HJR 601)

    Health insurance; notification to employer upon insurer termination. Amending § 38.2-3542. (Patron-Morgan, HB 1936)

    Health insurance; small employer market provisions. Amending § 38.2-3431. (Patron-Robinson, HB 2463; Bolling, SB 1217)

    Health Insurance for Small Employers, Community Health Centers and Free Clinics, Pooled Purchasing Arrangements for; Report of Joint Commission on Health Care (HJR 202 and SJR 124, 1998). (HD 51)

    Health insurance for state employees; allows individuals to designate a specialist as their primary care doctor. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1, 38.2-4214 and 38.2-4319; adding § 38.2-3407.11:1. (Patron-Jones, D.C., HB 2645)

    Health insurance for state employees; coverage for certain pap smears. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1 and 38.2-3418.1:2. (Patron-Keating, HB 2354)

    Health insurance for state employees; coverage for clinical trials for treatment studies on cancer. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1 and 38.2-4319; adding § 38.2-3418.8. (Patron-Keating, HB 2404)

    Health insurance for state employees; coverage for diabetes. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1 and 38.2-4319; adding § 38.2-3418.3. (Patron-Colgan, SB 86)

    Health insurance for state employees; coverage for infertility treatment. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1 and 38.2-4319; adding § 38.2-3418.8. (Patron-Barlow, HB 2403)

    Health insurance for state employees; coverage for prescription drug formulary benefits. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1, 38.2-4214 and 38.2-4319; adding § 38.2-3407.9:01. (Patron-Baskerville, HB 2578)

    Health insurance for state employees; credit for accrued annual and sick leave for supplemental payments thereto. Adding § 2.1-20.1:5. (Patron-Tate, HB 2397; Reasor, SB 304)

    Health insurance for state employees; payment of premiums by use of accrued sick leave and annual leave balances. Adding § 2.1-20.1:5. (Patron-Tate, HB 2396; Reasor, SB 303)

    Health insurance for state employees; plan to offer a choice of at least two nonaffiliated or commonly owned hospitals. Amending § 2.1-20.1. (Patron-Shuler, HB 932)

    Health insurance for state employees; prohibited incentives. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1, 38.2-3407.10, 38.2-4209 and 38.2-4312. (Patron-Barlow, HB 2395)

    Health insurance for state employees; purchase by graduate students and their dependents. Adding § 2.1-20.1:06. (Patron-Shuler, HB 1540)

    Health insurance for state employees; purchase by graduate students and their dependents, any legislative assistant or any other part-time state employee. Adding § 2.1-20.1:05. (Patron-Shuler, HB 741)

    Health insurance for state employees; purchase by part-time employees. Adding § 2.1-20.1:05. (Patron-Shuler, HB 1233)

    Health insurance for state employees; purchase by part-time employees. Adding § 2.1-20.1:06. (Patron-Edwards, SB 728)

    Health insurance for state employees; purchase by part-time employees and full-time graduate students. Adding § 2.1-20.1:06. (Patron-Shuler, HB 1541)

    Health insurance for state employees; review for persons denied treatment under health care plan, appeals procedure, coverage for certain cancer treatments, etc., Office of Managed Care Ombudsman created within Bureau of Insurance. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1, 32.1-137.6, 32.1-137.15, 38.2-3407.10, 38.2-4209, 38.2-4214, 38.2-4312, 38.2-4319, 38.2-4509 and 38.2-5804; adding §§ 38.2-3407.9:01, 38.2-3407.11:1, 38.2-3407.13, 38.2-3407.14, 38.2-3407.15, 38.2-3418.8, 38.2-3418.9 and 38.2-5900 through 38.2-5905. (Patron-Griffith, HB 871; Williams, SB 1235)

    Health plans; Congress urged to either enact patient protections at federal level with respect to employer self-funded plans or amend Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 to grant authority to individual states to monitor and regulate self-funded employer-based plans. (Patron-Hamilton, HJR 552; Maxwell, SJR 419; Walker, SJR 487)

    Health plans; memorializing Congress to amend Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 to grant authority to individual states to monitor and regulate self-funded employer-based plans. (Patron-Brink, HJR 681)

    Income tax, state; credit for employers who hire employees with disabilities. Adding § 58.1-439.11. (Patron-Reid, HB 1676)

    Income tax, state; employer tax credit for qualified employees with a disability or for child care or transportation expenses. Adding § 58.1-439.7. (Patron-Reid, HB 194)

    Income tax, state; subtraction for first $15,000 of military basic pay, and for federal and state employees whose annual salary is $15,000 or less, exception. Amending § 58.1-322. (Patron-Walker, SB 1160)

    Information Technology Employment Performance Grant Program; created. Adding §§ 59.1-284.16 through 59.1-284.19. (Patron-Wampler, SB 1188)

    Internet; Department of Personnel and Training to establish acceptable policy for use by state employees. Amending §§ 2.1-114.5 and 2.1-804. (Patron-Jones, S.C., HB 2343)

    Long-term care insurance; Department of Personnel and Training to develop, implement and administer program. Adding § 51.1-513.1. (Patron-Martin, SB 220)

    Mental Illness, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Problems, Employability Needs of Persons With Serious; Report of Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, and Department of Rehabilitative Services (SJR 151, 1998). (SD 14)

    Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, etc.; Joint Commission on Health Care to study need to collect workforce data thereon. (Patron-Brink, HJR 682)

    Procurement Act; debarment of contractors for willful OSHA violations. Amending § 11-46.1. (Patron-McEachin, HB 983)

    Public assistance; day care for TANF recipients engaged in employment or education. Amending § 63.1-133.46; adding § 63.1-105.9. (Patron-Miller, Y.B., SB 1006)

    Public assistance; vocational and job skills training for participants in Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW). Amending § 63.1-133.49. (Patron-Jones, D.C., HB 2597; Edwards, SB 767)

    Retirement System; creditable service includes overtime pay. Amending § 51.1-124.3. (Patron-Stump, HB 308; Stump, HB 1686)

    Retirement System; Joint Commission on Management of Commonwealth's Workforce to study authorizing political subdivisions to allow their part-time employees to participate therein. (Patron-Ticer, SJR 390)

    Retirement System; Joint Commission on Management of Commonwealth's Workforce to study benefits and funding requirements thereof. (Patron-Holland, SJR 270)

    Retirement System; procedure when employer required to withdraw funds. Adding § 51.1-124.12. (Patron-Miller, K.G., SB 831)

    Retirement System; state employees, teachers and employees of political subdivisions may retire with 30 years creditable service. Amending § 51.1-153. (Patron-Shuler, HB 1542; Crittenden, HB 1613; Hall, HB 1762; Cantor, HB 1805; Schrock, SB 810; Stosch, SB 818; Ticer, SB 876)

    Scholarships; House Committees on Education, Finance, and Science and Technology to study establishing a program for students attending two- and four-year public institutions of higher education in Virginia who become employed in occupational areas of high demand. (Patron-Scott, HR 41)

    School-to-work transition programs; narrows scope of provisions. Amending § 22.1-209.01. (Patron-Schrock, SB 622)

    Sickness and disability program for state employees; benefits for local government employees. Amending § 51.1-1100; adding §§ 51.1-1101.1 and 51.1-1101.2. (Patron-Putney, HB 1755)

    Sickness and disability program for state employees; changes in provisions. Amending §§ 51.1-1100, 51.1-1101, 51.1-1103, 51.1-1104, 51.1-1105, 51.1-1107, 51.1-1110, 51.1-1112, 51.1-1113, 51.1-1114, 51.1-1116, 51.1-1117, 51.1-1118, 51.1-1121, 51.1-1123 through 51.1-1129 and 51.1-1131 through 51.1-1135; adding § 51.1-1135.1. (Patron-Holland, SB 816)

    Sickness and disability program for state employees; payment for certain unused personal leave. Amending § 51.1-1107. (Patron-Putney, HB 1754)

    Sickness and disability program for state employees; use of disability credits. Amending § 51.1-1103. (Patron-Grayson, HB 2479)

    Sickness and disability program for state employees; use of disability credits during short-term disability. Amending §§ 51.1-1110 and 51.1-1121 (Patron-Jackson, HB 1717)

    State employees; Department of Personnel and Training, et al., to study annual leave benefits provided thereto. (Patron-Cantor, HJR 557)

    State employees; directing Commission on Reform of Classified Compensation Plan to propose recommendations to address inequities in current compensation plan. (Patron-Marye, SJR 343)

    State employees; life insurance benefits upon retirement. Amending § 51.1-505. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 176; Kilgore, HB 1687; Phillips, HB 2733)

    State employees; personnel policies permit donation of sick leave to other employees. Amending § 2.1-114.5. (Patron-Cranwell, HB 2093)

    State employees; uniformity of service credit in calculation of annual leave. Amending § 2.1-114.5. (Patron-Murphy, HB 1855)

    State employees; use of certain portion of accrued sick leave for family or medical leave. Amending § 2.1-114.5. (Patron-Grayson, HB 2419)

    State employees and teachers; health insurance credits upon retirement, matching contributions to deferred compensation plan, participation in health benefits program, etc. Amending §§ 2.1-20.1:2, 2.1-20.1:3 and 51.1-600; adding §§ 2.1-20.1:5 and 51.1-606. (Patron-Dickinson, HB 1704; Putney, HB 1756)

    State personnel policies; leave to assist at-risk youth service organizations. Adding § 2.1-114.5:02. (Patron-Hull, HB 2147)

    Teaching profession; to be made available to secondary schools through their employment counseling. Amending §§ 22.1-209 and 22.1-253.13:1. (Patron-Blevins, HB 1895)

    Unemployment compensation; appeal of Employment Commission decisions. Amending §§ 60.2-513, 60.2-536, 60.2-619 and 60.2-620. (Patron-Davis, HB 2299)

    Unemployment compensation; definition of employment. Amending §§ 60.2-114, 60.2-116, 60.2-210, 60.2-218, 60.2-501, 60.2-502, 60.2-507, 60.2-509, 60.2-511 and 60.2-532; repealing §§ 60.2-212, 60.2-212.1, 60.2-213 through 60.2-217 and 60.2-219. (Patron-Deeds, HB 776)

    Unemployment compensation; disqualification of benefits for false or misleading statement concerning past criminal convictions made on a job application. Amending § 60.2-618. (Patron-Behm, HB 2311)

    Unemployment compensation; eliminates benefit reductions due to receipt of pensions, retirement pay, etc. Amending § 60.2-604. (Patron-Hull, HB 1573)

    Unemployment compensation; labor disputes. Amending § 60.2-612. (Patron-McEachin, HB 2362)

    Unemployment compensation; prohibits collection of overpayment of benefits as a result of a retroactive Social Security pension award. Amending § 60.2-633. (Patron-Hull, HB 1574)

    Unemployment compensation; repeals sunset provisions on current statutory provisions prescribing tax rates for new employers. Amending Chapter 298, 1997 Acts. (Patron-Rust, HB 2130)

    Unemployment compensation; taxable wage base. Amending § 60.2-229. (Patron-Barlow, HB 1070)

    Welfare to Work Transformation From Dependency to Opportunity; Report of Department of Social Services (Chapter 450, 1995 Acts). (HD 46)

    Workers' compensation; applicable to professional employer organizations. Amending §§ 65.2-101, 65.2-800 and 65.2-801. (Patron-Edwards, SB 1223)

    Workers' compensation; applicable to workers engaged in maintenance or repair of real property. Amending § 65.2-302. (Patron-Drake, HB 2505)

    Workers' compensation; employer's duty to furnish medical attention. Amending § 65.2-603. (Patron-Stump, HB 2046; Murphy, HB 2067)

    Workers' compensation; employers may be subrogated to administrative costs of furnishing benefits thereunder. Amending §§ 65.2-309, 65.2-309.1, 65.2-310 and 65.2-311. (Patron-Reynolds, SB 1264)

    Workers' compensation; furnishing copy of medical report. Amending § 65.2-604. (Patron-Rust, HB 2131)

    Workers' compensation; payment of lump sums, discount rate. Amending § 65.2-522. (Patron-Stosch, SB 1204)

    Workers' compensation; presumption as to death or disability from hypertension or heart disease for Capitol Police officers. Amending § 65.2-402. (Patron-Moss, HB 2256)

    Workers' compensation; presumption as to death or disability from hypertension or heart disease for Marine Patrol officers. Amending § 65.2-402. (Patron-Joannou, HB 1742)

    Workers' compensation; presumption as to death or disability from respiratory disease, hypertension or heart disease for game wardens. Amending § 65.2-402. (Patron-Abbitt, HB 1970)

    Workers' compensation; provisions for good cause for delay of required payment. Amending § 65.2-524. (Patron-Rust, HB 2132)

    Workers' compensation; suspension of award pending appeal to Supreme Court. Amending § 65.2-706. (Patron-Murphy, HB 2271)

    Workers' compensation; voluntary payments. Amending § 65.2-307. (Patron-O'Brien, HB 2724)

    Workers' compensation; withdrawal of claim and/or application for a hearing. Amending § 65.2-702. (Patron-Holland, SB 1016)

    Workers' Compensation Claims and Employee Leasing, Timing of Resolution of; Report of Workers' Compensation Commission (HJR 186, 1998). (HD 13)

    Workers' Compensation Commission; service of subpoenas thereof by persons 18 or older. Amending § 65.2-202. (Patron-Moran, HB 2037)

    Workforce, Joint Commission on Management of; continued, appropriation. (Patron-Holland, SJR 409)

    Workforce Training Access Program and Fund; created. Adding § 9-329.6. (Patron-Rust, HB 2585)

    Workforce Training and Education Technology Centers, Feasibility of Establishing; Report of Boards for Community Colleges and of Education (HJR 124, 1998) (HD 58)

    Workforce Training Council; membership. Amending § 9-329.1. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 1943)

    Workforce Training Council; membership. Amending §§ 9-329.1 and 9-329.2. (Patron-Diamonstein, HB 2003)

    Workforce Training Council; name changed to Workforce Council, membership, powers. Amending §§ 2.1-1.7, 2.1-51.21, 9-6.23, 9-6.25:1, 9-6.25:2, 9-329.1, 9-329.2 and 63.1-133.45; repealing §§ 60.2-112 and 63.1-133.44. (Patron-Reid, HB 2558; Hawkins, SB 1257)

    Workplace issues; authority for initiatives to improve employee communication by local government and school board employees. Adding §§ 15.2-974 and 22.1-293.1. (Patron-Day, HB 2257)


    1999 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Resolutions and Documents - For additional information, please contact Legislative Information, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Telephone (804) 698-1500. Last Modified on June 10, 1999 at 03:26PM Eastern Daylight Time

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