Senate File 542 H-1308 Amend Senate File 542, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 9, after line 29 by inserting: 3 < 4. a. For purposes of this subsection, “good-faith effort” 4 includes but is not limited to offering increased pay or 5 benefits, improving working conditions, enhanced recruitment 6 efforts, and quantifiable increases in employee morale and 7 decreases in labor law violations. 8 b. Before an employer may employ a minor under this section, 9 the employer must demonstrate to the director that the employer 10 has made a good-faith effort to hire additional employees who 11 are not minors and to retain current employees. An employer 12 may only employ a minor under this section if the employer 13 demonstrates to the director that employing the minor is 14 necessary to address a workforce shortage that the employer is 15 unable to address by hiring additional employees who are not 16 minors or retaining current employees. 17 c. The director shall establish forms and procedures that 18 employers shall use for purposes of compliance with this 19 subsection. The director shall keep a copy of a form required 20 under this subsection completed by an employer on file and 21 provide a copy to the parent or guardian of a minor employed 22 under this section. > 23 ______________________________ COOLING of Linn -1- SF 542.2002 (3) 90 je/rn 1/ 1 #1.