House File 677 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LABOR

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 70)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the workers' compensation liability of
  2    temporary employment agencies for their employees.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1820HV 82
  5 av/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 85.61, subsection 13, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  A person who is hired by a temporary
  1  4 employment agency is not an employee or worker of the business
  1  5 where that person is assigned but is and remains the exclusive
  1  6 employee or worker of the temporary employment agency for
  1  7 purposes of chapters 85, 85A, and 85B.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    Code section 85.61 is amended to provide that a person who
  1 10 is hired by a temporary employment agency is not an employee
  1 11 or worker of the business where the person is assigned but is
  1 12 considered an employee or worker of the temporary employment
  1 13 agency for purposes of Iowa's workers' compensation laws.
  1 14 LSB 1820HV 82
  1 15 av:rj/gg/14