FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 614
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SHIELDS.
Read 1st time February 26, 2003, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1914S.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 288, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to employment security of temporary employees.
Section A. Chapter 288, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 288.401, to read as follows:
288.401. 1. For the purposes of this section, "temporary help firm" means a firm that hires its own employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement the client's work force in work situations such as employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special assignments and projects. "Temporary employee" means an employee assigned to work for the clients of a temporary help firm.
2. A temporary employee of a temporary help firm will be deemed to have voluntarily quit employment if the employee does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment prior to filing for benefits. Failure to contact the temporary help firm will not be deemed a voluntary quit unless the claimant has been advised of the obligation to contact the firm upon completion of assignments and that unemployment benefits may be denied for failure to do so.