Source: http://www.nutter.com/trending-newsroom-publications-Proposed-Domestic-Workers-Regulation-Warrants-Scrutiny-04-30-2015
Timestamp: 2017-12-18 07:12:38
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 190', '§ 190', '§ 32', '§ 190', '§ 32', '§ 32', '§ 190', '§ 190', '§ 191', '§ 191', '§ 32', '§ 32', '§ 191', '§ 1']

04.30.2015 | Advisory
1 The draft regulation is 940 C.M.R. 32.00 (proposed).
2 M.G.L. c. 149, § 190 became effective on April 1, 2015.
3 M.G.L. c. 149, § 190(a); 940 C.M.R. § 32.02 (proposed).
4 M.G.L. c. 149, § 190(a) (emphasis added). A "personal care attendant" is "an individual who provides personal care attendant services to persons with disabilities or seniors under the MassHealth personal care attendant program or any successor program." Id.
5 940 C.M.R. 32.02 (proposed) (emphasis added).
6 940 C.M.R. §§ 32.03 - 32.04 (proposed).
7 940 C.M.R. § 32.03(19) (proposed) provides as follows:
8 M.G.L. c. 149, § 190(a) provides generally that the definitions of "employer" and "domestic worker" in § 190 will apply as well in § 191, "unless the context clearly requires otherwise." Both sections became effective on April 1, 2015.
9 M.G.L. c. 149, § 191.
10 940 C.M.R. § 32.05(3) (proposed).
11 940 C.M.R. § 32.05(4) (proposed).
12 See M.G.L. c. 149, § 191(c). In addition, there were two related changes in the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA) that became effective September 24, 2014. The FEPA's definition of "employer" now includes "an employer of domestic workers including those covered under section 190 of chapter 149," and its definition of "employee" no longer excludes workers "in domestic service." See M.G.L. c. 151B, §§ 1(5), 1(6).