ADVERTISING FOR REPLACEMENT WORKERS: 

REPEAL STRIKE NOTICE REQUIREMENT

House Bill 4642

Sponsor:  Rep. Amanda Price

Committee:  Oversight

Complete to 6-10-13

A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4642 AS INTRODUCED 4-30-13

The bill would eliminate the statutory requirement that employers, when advertising for replacement workers during a strike, tell the new workers that a strike is underway and that the replacement workers would be replacing employees involved in a labor dispute.

Specifically, the bill would amend Public Act 150 of 1962 to repeal Section 3a of the law.  That section of the law now reads as follows:

No person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, shall recruit, solicit or advertise for employees, or refer persons to employment, in place of employees involved in a lawful strike or lockout, without adequate notice to the person, and in the advertisement, that there is a strike or lockout at the place at which employment is offered and that the employment offered is in place of employees involved in the strike or lockout.

FISCAL IMPACT:

House Bill 4642 would not have a significant fiscal impact on state and local units of government.

                                                                                           Legislative Analyst:   J. Hunault

                                                                                                  Fiscal Analyst:   Paul Holland

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.