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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 6.  Section 768.098, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         768.098  Limitation of liability for employee

20  leasing.--

21         (1)  An employer in a joint employment relationship

22  pursuant to s. 468.520 shall not be liable for the tortious

23  actions of another employer in that relationship, or for the

24  tortious actions of any jointly employed employee under that

25  relationship, provided that:

26         (a)  The employer seeking to avoid liability pursuant

27  to this section did not authorize or direct the tortious

28  action;

29         (b)  The employer seeking to avoid liability pursuant

30  to this section did not have actual knowledge of the tortious

31  conduct and fail to take appropriate action;

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 1         (c)  The employer seeking to avoid liability pursuant

 2  to this section did not have actual control over the day to

 3  day job duties of the jointly employed employee who has

 4  committed a tortious act nor actual control over the portion

 5  of a job site at which or from which the tortious conduct

 6  arose or at which and from which a jointly employed employee

 7  worked, and that said control was assigned to the other

 8  employer under the contract;

 9         (d)  The employer seeking to avoid liability pursuant

10  to this section is expressly absolved in the written contract

11  forming the joint employment relationship of control over the

12  day to day job duties of the jointly employed employee who has

13  committed a tortious act, and of the portion of the job site

14  at which or from which the tortious conduct arose or at which

15  and from which the jointly employed employee worked, and that

16  said control was assigned to the other employer under the

17  contract; and

18         (e)  Complaints, allegations or incidents of any

19  tortious misconduct or workplace safety violations, regardless

20  of the source, are required to be reported to the employer

21  seeking to avoid liability pursuant to this section by all

22  other joint employers under the written contract forming the

23  joint employment relationship, and that the employer seeking

24  to avoid liability pursuant to this section did not fail to

25  take appropriate action as a result of receiving any such

26  report related to a jointly employed employee who has

27  committed a tortious act.

28         (2)  An employer seeking to avoid liability pursuant to

29  this section shall not be presumed to have actual control over

30  the day to day job duties of the jointly employed employee who

31  has committed a tortious act, nor actual control over the

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 1  portion of a job site at which or from which that employee

 2  worked, based solely upon the fact that the employee at issue

 3  is a leased employee.

 4         (3)  This section shall not alter any responsibilities

 5  of the joint employer who has actual control over the day to

 6  day job duties of the jointly employed employee and who has

 7  actual control over the portion of a job site at which or from

 8  which the employee is employed, which arises from s. 768.096.

 9         (Renumber subsequent sections.)

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

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17  creating s. 768.098, F.S.; providing a limitation of liability

18  for employee leasing under specified conditions;

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