Mississippi House Bill 698 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Day and Temporary Labor Services Act; create.

Rep. Orlando Paden [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0698.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0698IN.htm