SB160 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bobby D. SingletonSenator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Labor, restriction on the percentage of temporary employees a company that received incentives may employ, Sec. 41-29-2.1 added

Summary

SB160 would limit temporary workers to 5% of a recipient employer’s workforce for incentives from the Department of Commerce and bar noncompliant employers from future incentives for three years, with anNotice and a hearing process.

What This Bill Does

As a condition of receiving a grant, loan, performance-based incentive, or other economic development incentive from the Department of Commerce, an employer may not have more than five percent temporary employee positions. If the department determines an employer is not in compliance, the employer becomes ineligible for any future grant, loan, performance-based incentive, or other economic development incentive for at least three years after the determination of noncompliance, and the employer may request a hearing to prove compliance. The department must notify noncompliance by certified mail and conduct or allow a hearing to establish compliance, using the department’s existing resources.

Who It Affects

• Employers that receive or apply for grants, loans, performance-based incentives, or other economic development incentives from the Alabama Department of Commerce; their workforce must meet the 5% cap on temporary positions or risk losing future incentives.
• The Alabama Department of Commerce; it enforces the rule, issues notices of noncompliance, and conducts or facilitates hearings to determine compliance.

Key Provisions

• Adds Section 41-29-2.1 requiring that an employer's workforce may not have more than five percent temporary employee positions as a condition of incentive eligibility.
• Noncompliant employers are ineligible for any future grant, loan, performance-based incentive, or other economic development incentive awarded by the department for at least three years after determination of noncompliance.
• The department must notify the employer by certified mail of noncompliance and allow a hearing before the department to establish compliance.
• The act applies to incentives awarded on or after its effective date; the effective date is the first day of the third month after passage and approval.

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Subjects

Labor