l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 53

Day and Temporary Labor Services Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE DAY AND TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICES ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF LOW-WAGE DAY OR TEMPORARY LABORERS WHO ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO ABUSE OF THEIR LABOR RIGHTS, INCLUDING UNPAID WAGES, FAILURE TO PAY FOR ALL HOURS WORKED, MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME VIOLATIONS, AND UNLAWFUL DEDUCTION FROM PAY FOR MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT A THIRD-PARTY CLIENT SHALL ONLY USE A DAY OR TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICE AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TEMPORARILY REPLACING A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE, TEMPORARILY INCREASING WORKLOAD, OR EXECUTING WORK OF AN EXCEPTIONAL NATURE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN NOTICE THAT MUST BE GIVEN TO DAY OR TEMPORARY LABORERS; TO PROVIDE THE RECORDS THAT MUST BE KEPT BY A DAY AND TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICE AGENCY; TO PROVIDE THE REGULATIONS REGARDING MEALS, TRANSPORTATION AND EQUIPMENT FOR DAY AND TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICE AGENCY AND THIRD-PARTY CLIENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN NOTICES THAT MUST BE PRINTED ON THE DAY OR TEMPORARY LABORERS' PAYMENT STUB; TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES WHEN CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OCCUR; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Bryant W. Clark

Its course

January 24 to March 3, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 days

Workforce DevelopmentJan 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 24 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the House committees on Workforce Development and on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published