SB 966 -- TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES

SPONSOR:  Shields (Mayer)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Workforce
Development and Workplace Safety by a vote of 9 to 7.

This bill provides that a temporary employee of a temporary help
firm will have voluntarily quit employment if the employee does
not contact the firm for reassignment prior to filing for
benefits.  A temporary employee is to be advised of this
requirement.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2005, FY 2006, and
FY 2007.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the provisions of the bill are a
current practice of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission
and that the bill codifies the practice.

Testifying for the bill was Senator Shields.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Roland Tackett, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:16 am