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 PAG LIN 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