UI & WC/NEWSPRINT EMPLOYEES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 436 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 28, 2017
AN ACT RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR NEWSPRINT EMPLOYEES.
Intro. by Wade, Tucker.

Status: Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Apr 11 2017)
S 436

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 28 2017 - View Summary

    Amends GS 96-1, containing definitions related to Employment Security Law, to add that the term employment includes service described in section 3306(c)(15)(A) or (B) of the Internal Revenue Code involving delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news or involving the sale of newspapers or magazines.

    Amends GS 97-2, by deleting the provision that created a rebuttable presumption that the term "employee" did not include a person performing services in the sale of newspapers or magazines to consumers under an arrangement where papers or magazines were sold to the person at a fixed price and compensation was based on on the retention of the excess of the fixed price over the amount charged. 

    Effective January 1, 2018.