ADVERTISING FOR REPLACEMENT WORKERS: 

REPEAL STRIKE NOTICE REQUIREMENT

House Bill 4630 as introduced

Sponsor:  Rep. Amanda Price

Committee:  Commerce and Trade

Complete to 11-28-16

SUMMARY:

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:

The bill would not have a significant fiscal impact on state and local units of government.

                                                                                        Legislative Analyst:   Chris Couch

                                                                                                Fiscal Analyst:   Marcus Coffin

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