c. The Contractor shall maintain appropriate industrial accident insurance sufficient
to provide coverage for all the employees on the project in accordance with
M.G.L. Ch. 152 and provide documentary proof of such coverage to the Town
with the Contractor’s submitted bid, application, or prior to commencing any
work, to be maintained as a public record;
d. The Contractor shall properly classify employees as employees rather than
independent contractors using applicable federal and state law and shall treat them
accordingly for purposes of prevailing wages and overtime, workers’
compensation insurance coverage, unemployment taxes, social security taxes, and
state and federal income tax withholding (M.G.L. Ch. 149 Sec. 148B on
employee classification);
e. The Contractor shall comply with M.G.L. Ch. 151 Sec. 1A and M.G.L. Ch. 149
Sec. 148 with respect to the payment of wages;
f. The Contractor shall be in compliance with the health and hospitalization
requirements of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform law established by
Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006, as amended, and regulations promulgated under
that statute by the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority;
g. The Contractor shall not discriminate against residents of states other than
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Massachusetts in hiring individuals for the project but, as between prospective
employees who are residents of Massachusetts and equally qualified, shall give
preference to Amherst Residents, and thereafter residents of Hampshire, Hamden,
and Franklin Counties;