#9 Massachusetts Anti-Staffing Bill (HB 1393)

What’s so iAWFUL?  HB 1393 imposes hefty restrictions and lofty costs on employment agencies that could possibly deter these agencies from helping Americans find jobs.

This bill requires staffing agencies to comply with many different and opportunity limiting requirements, especially those seeking out-of-state jobs.

HB 1393, in part, requires staffing agencies to:

• provide housing for out-of-state employees if work is delayed
• provide food to terminated temporary employees
• impose rate caps and disallow placement fees limiting incentives for agencies to expand
• not refer employees unless a job order exists, and
• is broad enough to apply to nurses, lawyers, and managerial employees.

This law hurts not only established employment agencies, but since it imposes restrictions for out-of-state employees, online employment agencies may disproportionately suffer.  Online agencies help job seekers expand beyond their own communities and into other states.  If these online agencies must pay extra costs for out-of-state employees, it may deter the online agencies from expanding.

In these times of high unemployment, we should encourage more opportunities for employment and more employment agencies to assist those seeking opportunities not discourage them through legislation like HB 1393.

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