s_sa_2016a_2016-02-22t13:33:44z3 Hearing Summary

Date: 02/22/2016

02:47 PM -- SB16-114



Senator Carroll presented Senate Bill 114 to the committee. The bill creates the Healthy Families and Workplace Act and requires that all employers in Colorado provide paid sick leave to employees based on hours worked. The bill applies to all statutorily defined employees, which includes any person, including a migratory laborer, performing labor or services for the benefit of an employer in which the employer is subject to an employer's control and direction.



02:52 PM -- Chaer Robert, representing the Colorado Center on Law & Policy, testified in support of the bill.



02:56 PM -- Duy Pham, representing the Bell Policy Center, testified in support of the bill and presented a copy of his testimony (Attachment E).



16SenateStateVets0222AttachE.pdf



02:59 PM -- Robin Clark, representing SEIU, testified in support of the bill.



03:04 PM -- Ethel Ayo, representing SEIU 105, testified in support of the bill.



03:06 PM -- Loree Lattik, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



03:08 PM -- Jasmine White, representing 9 to 5 Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



03:12 PM -- Brenda Lozada, representing SEIU, testified in support of the bill.



03:15 PM -- Maggie Gomez, representing 9 to 5 Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



03:20 PM -- Shanta Farrington, representing FRESC, testified in support of the bill.



03:22 PM -- Laurel Hayden, representing FRESC, testified in support of the bill.



03:23 PM -- Robert Golden, representing South Metro Chamber of Commerce, testified against the bill.



03:25 PM -- Lorin Furman and Anthony Gagliardi, representing CACI and NFIB, testified against the bill.



03:34 PM -- Melissa Benjamin, representing Fight for Fifteen, testified in support of the bill.



03:37 PM -- Nick Hoover, representing the Colorado Restaurant Association, testified against the bill.



03:44 PM -- Clayton Wire, representing the Plaintiff Employment Lawyers Association, testified in support of the bill.





03:47 PM



Senator Carroll wrapped up her presentation to the committee.