Ensure that contractors that receive public funding for home energy retrofits and clean energy projects meet all health and safety and wage and hour standards and don’t have previous violations

HD2446/SD2254: An Act relative to a just transition to clean energy, filed by Representative Marjorie Decker and Senator Paul Feeney, and HD3758/SD2255 An Act relative to clean energy workforce standards and accountability, filed by Representatives Marjorie Decker and Paul Mark and Senator Paul Feeney, ensures that workers and residence of environmental justice communities are employed in the energy sector who are displaced due to efforts by the commonwealth or the private sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or transition from fossil fuels to clean energy have immediate access to employment and training opportunities in clean energy industries and related fields and ensure that clean energy businesses act as responsible employers and contractors to further the commonwealth’s workforce and economic development goals.