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 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status