HB 809

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to unemployment compensation; amending s.
3443.101, F.S.; providing definitions; providing specified
4circumstances under which a day laborer is deemed to have
5voluntarily quit employment and is disqualified for
6benefits; providing an effective date.
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8Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10     Section 1.  Subsection (10) of section 443.101, Florida
11Statutes, is amended to read:
12     443.101  Disqualification for benefits.--An individual
13shall be disqualified for benefits:
14     (10)  Subject to the requirements of this subsection, if
15the claim is made based on the loss of employment as a leased
16employee for an employee leasing company or as a temporary
17employee for a temporary help firm or labor pool.
18     (a)  As used in this subsection, the term:
19     1.  "Day laborer" means any individual employed by a labor
20pool.
21     2.  "Labor pool" has the same meaning as in s. 448.22(1).
22     3.  "Leased employee" means an employee assigned to work
23for the clients of an employee leasing company regulated under
24part XI of chapter 468.
25     4.  "Temporary employee" means an employee assigned to work
26for the clients of a temporary help firm.
27     5.1.  "Temporary help firm" means a firm that hires its own
28employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement
29the client's workforce in work situations such as employee
30absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and
31special assignments and projects. The term also includes a firm
32created by an entity licensed under s. 125.012(6), which hires
33employees assigned by a union for the purpose of supplementing
34or supporting the workforce of the temporary help firm's
35clients. The term does not include employee leasing companies
36regulated under part XI of chapter 468.
37     2.  "Temporary employee" means an employee assigned to work
38for the clients of a temporary help firm.
39     3.  "Leased employee" means an employee assigned to work
40for the clients of an employee leasing company regulated under
41part XI of chapter 468.
42     (b)  A temporary or leased employee is deemed to have
43voluntarily quit employment and is disqualified for benefits
44under subparagraph (1)(a)1. if, upon conclusion of his or her
45latest assignment, the temporary or leased employee, without
46good cause, failed to contact the temporary help or employee-
47leasing firm for reassignment, if the employer advised the
48temporary or leased employee at the time of hire and that the
49leased employee is notified also at the time of separation that
50he or she must report for reassignment upon conclusion of each
51assignment, regardless of the duration of the assignment, and
52that unemployment benefits may be denied for failure to report.
53     (c)  A day laborer is deemed to have voluntarily quit
54employment and is disqualified for benefits under subparagraph
55(1)(a)1. if, upon conclusion of his or her latest assignment,
56the day laborer, without good cause, fails to return in person
57on the next business day to obtain a new assignment, provided
58that the labor pool advised the day laborer at the time of hire
59that he or she must report in person for reassignment the next
60business day following conclusion of each assignment, regardless
61of the duration of the assignment, and that unemployment
62benefits may be denied for failure to report in person.
63     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.


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