SB322 Alabama 2020 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Call centers, certain terms further defined, to require employers relocating call centers to notify Secretary of Commerce Dept. rather than the Dept. of Economic and Community Affairs director, Act 2019-374, 2019 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 41-23-230, 41-23-231, 41-23-235 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law (Act 2019-374), certain employers relocating call centers are required to notify the state within a specified time frame prior to relocation</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would define certain terms used in existing law and would require employers relocating call centers to notify the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce of the relocation rather than the Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also limit the amount of civil penalties assessed to an employer</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would be retroactive to September 1, 2019, which was the effective date of Act 2019-374</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to call centers; to amend Sections 1, 2, and 6 of Act 2019-374, 2019 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections 41-23-230, 41-23-231, and 41-23-235, Code of Alabama 1975, to define certain terms; to require employers relocating call centers to notify the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce of the relocation rather than the Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; to limit the amount of civil penalties assessed to an employer; and to provide for retroactive effect to September 1, 2019. </p>

Subjects

Call Centers