The board of directors of MAPS agree with the stance both ASA and MSA are taking on these two important issues. The board strongly urges the membership to take an active voice in preventing these bills from passing where they can cause severe damage to our businesses and our profession.
Urge MA Labor Committee to Vote “No” on Anti-Staffing Bills
CALL Committee Members TODAY
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development is poised to vote on three anti-staffing bills that, if passed, would greatly harm staffing firms doing business in Massachusetts.
ASA, MSA, and our lobbyists have been working with the legislature to mitigate the impact of these bills, but the Committee has scheduled a vote which could occur at any moment. Staffing firms in Committee members’ respective districts should call today to express their concerns with the bills and urge the members to vote no.
S. 680 and H. 1797 are temporary worker “right to know” bills that would require staffing firms to provide temporary workers with written notice of, among other things, the expected duration of the work to be performed, a job description, information on any health and safety hazards, and information regarding the staffing firm’s workers’ compensation carrier.
S. 1855 wouldimpose licensing or registration requirements, restrictions on advertising, new costs with respect to out-of-state temporary workers, and stringent inspection and document retention requirements, among other things.
For firms that assign thousands of workers per year in Massachusetts, attempting to satisfy these bills’ requirements would be cost-prohibitive and administratively difficult, if not impossible. This added cost would inevitably drive up the cost of staffing services, which in turn would lead to reduced demand for temporary employees and job loss.
Committee members are listed below. Please do not delay – call members of the Committee today.
First telephone number is State Office, other number(s) are the district offices;
McGee of Third Essex and Middlesex - Chair
(617) 722-1350
Spilka of Second Middlesex and Norfolk - Vice-Chair (617) 722-1640 (508) 872-6677
Buoniconti of Hampden 617.772-1660 413-773-9991
O'Leary of Second Worcester (617) 722-1570
Menard of First Bristol and Plymouth 617-772-1114 508-673-8408 508-235-1199
Hedlund of Plymouth and Norfolk 617-722-1646
Coakley-Rivera, of Springfield - Chair 617-722-2014 413-739-1503
Rice of Gardner - Vice-Chair 617-722-2014 978-632-3255
Rogers of Norwood 617-722-2040
Fresolo of Worcester 617-722-2240 508-799-9386
Rush of Boston 617-722-2637
McMurtry of Dedham 617-772-2460 781-320-8683
Garballey of Arlington (617) 722-2400
Arciero of Westford 617-722-2320
Ferrante of Gloucester
Smola of Palmer 617-722-2240
Polito of Shrewsbury 617-772-2230 508-845-2300
PLEASE CALL IMMEDIATELY - HAVE ANYONE IN YOUR OFFICE THAT LIVES IN ONE OF THE DISTRICTS CALL THEIR SENATOR OR REP.
