Chapter 377

2009 -- S 1054

Enacted 01/05/10

 

A N A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES

          

     Introduced By: Senator Juan M. Pichardo

     Date Introduced: October 28, 2009

 

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

 

     SECTION 1. Sections 28-6.10-3 and 28-6.10-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-6.10

entitled "The Temporary Employee Protection Act" are hereby amended to read as follows:

 

     28-6.10-3. Job description notification. -- (a) Before any temporary employee is given

any new job assignment regardless if the assignment is with the same contracting company,

employment agencies shall provide the temporary employee with the opportunity to see and have

a copy of a written notice that includes a job description with classification requirements,

estimated longevity of the assignment, information concerning any job hazards, anticipated pay

rate, benefits and work schedules. A copy of the job description shall be kept on file for a period

of one year by the employment agency and be available to the employee.

      (b) A notice of this law must be posted and maintained at all employment agencies

where workers can view it.

 

     28-6.10-4. Penalty for violations. -- Upon determining that a person an employment

agency has violated the provisions of section 28-6.10-3, the department of labor and training shall

send a written notice of the violation to the person at his or her last known address employment

agency containing a description of the fines prescribed in this section. Any person employment

agency determined by the department to have committed a second violation of the provisions of

section 28-6.10-3, within five (5) years of the first violations, shall be subject to a five hundred

dollars ($500) fine. Any person employment agency determined by the department to have

committed a third or subsequent violation of the provisions of section 28-6.10-3, within five (5)

years of a previous violation, shall be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000). A

violation occurring more than five (5) years from the date of a previous violation shall be

considered a first violation.

 

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

     

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