91st General Assembly
Summary of SB0079
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Senate Sponsors:
DEL VALLE-MUNOZ-LIGHTFORD-RADOGNO.

House Sponsors:
DELGADO-SILVA-MCKEON-SHARP-BOLAND

Short description: 
DAY LABOR SERVICES ACT                                                     

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Day Labor Services  Act.   Provides  that  day  labor      
   service  agencies  shall post a list of all employers that are seeking      
   day laborers and provide a detailed description of the work.  Contains      
   requirements   concerning   notices,   meals,  transportation,  safety      
   equipment, clothing, accessories, payment of wages, and other matters.      
   Provides that day labor  service  agencies  shall  register  with  the      
   Department of Labor and pay a registration fee.  Provides for adoption      
   of rules by the Department and for penalties for violations of the Act      
   or rules.  Effective January 1, 2000.                                       
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Provides that descriptions of work shall be provided upon re-          
   quest. Deletes language requiring notices to be given in specified          
   languages, and adds language requiring the Department of Labor to re-       
   commend that day labor service agencies (in counties with a population      
   of 500,000 or more) employ personnel who can effectively communicate        
   information to day laborers in specified languages. Makes other             
   changes.                                                                    
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Deletes provisions requiring a day labor service agency to post a      
   list of  all  employers  seeking  day  laborers.   Inserts  provisions      
   requiring  a  day  labor  service  agency  to give a day laborer, upon      
   request, a statement concerning the work to be  performed,  the  wages      
   offered,  the  destination  of  the  person  employed,  the  terms  of      
   transportation,   and  whether  a  meal  and  equipment  is  provided.      
   Prohibits a day labor service agency from sending any day  laborer  to      
   any  place  where  a  strike, a lockout, or other labor trouble exists      
   without first notifying the day laborer of the conditions.                  
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
        Deletes provisions concerning notices to day  laborers.  Provides      
   that,  when  a  day  labor service agency sends one or more persons to      
   work as day laborers, the day labor service agency shall, upon request      
   by a day laborer, provide to the day laborer  a  statement  containing      
   the  following  items:  "Name and nature of the work to be performed",      
   "wages offered", "destination  of  the  person  employed",  "terms  of      
   transportation",  and whether a meal and equipment is provided, either      
   by the day labor service or the third party employer, and the cost  of      
   the  meal  and  equipment,  if any. Provides that no day labor service      
   agency may send any day  laborer  to  any  place  where  a  strike,  a      
   lockout, or other labor trouble exists without first notifying the day      
   laborer  of  the  conditions.   Provides  that the Department of Labor      
   shall recommend to day labor service  agencies   that  those  agencies      
   employ personnel who can effectively communicate the above information      
   to  day  laborers  in  Spanish,  Polish, or any other language that is      
   generally used in the locale of the day labor agency. In references to      
   "temporary  labor",  "temporary  assignment",  and  "temporary  work",      
   deletes the word "temporary".                                               
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides that "day labor" does not include labor or employment of      
   a professional or clerical nature.  Eliminates criminal penalties  for      
   violations of the Act.                                                      
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0579

   Last action date: 99-08-14

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   3


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