1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; establishing a task force to study day labor and 
1.3 	temporary employment in Minnesota; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DAY LABOR AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TASK FORCE.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A task force is established to study day labor 
1.7 	and temporary employment in Minnesota. The task force must consist of 15 members, 
1.8 	including the commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner's designee, two 
1.9 	members of the senate appointed by the chair of the senate Committee on Jobs, Energy, 
1.10 	and Community Development, two members of the house of representatives appointed by 
1.11 	the chair of the house Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance, 
1.12 	and ten members appointed by the commissioner. The public members must be broadly 
1.13 	representative of the diverse range of persons interested in and knowledgeable about day 
1.14 	labor and temporary employment in Minnesota. Public members of the task force must 
1.15 	serve without compensation or reimbursement of personal expenses.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Meetings. The task force must convene no later than July 1, 2006. The 
1.17 	commissioner of labor and industry must convene the first meeting of the task force and 
1.18 	must provide office support services to the task force as needed. The task force may 
1.19 	determine the date, location, and agenda of additional meetings.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Study. The task force must study issues affecting day labor and temporary 
1.21 	work in Minnesota, including, but not limited to, the following:
1.22 	(1) the prevalence and nature of day labor and temporary employment in Minnesota, 
1.23 	including how many day laborers and temporary employees work in Minnesota, in 
1.24 	what industries and what regions of the state day labor and temporary employment is 
2.1 	most common, and average wages, hours, and working conditions of day laborers and 
2.2 	temporary employees in Minnesota;
2.3 	(2) barriers to enforcing current employment laws in the context of day labor and 
2.4 	temporary employment, including an analysis of laws restricting the behavior of employers 
2.5 	who hire day laborers and temporary employees and laws giving rights to day laborers 
2.6 	and temporary employees, discussion of how these laws are enforced with respect to day 
2.7 	laborers and temporary employees, suggestions for improving enforcement, current and 
2.8 	proposed penalties for employer violations of these laws, and suggestions for modifying 
2.9 	current law to provide additional protections to day laborers and temporary employees;
2.10 	(3) the inequitable treatment of day laborers and temporary employees in the course 
2.11 	of employment, including, for example, treatment with respect to meals, transportation, 
2.12 	equipment, training, exposure to safety risks, payment of wages, and notices of 
2.13 	employment rights, and ways to eliminate these inequities;
2.14 	(4) existing resources and recommendations for new resources to help day laborers 
2.15 	and temporary employees enforce their rights as employees;
2.16 	(5) employer retaliation against day laborers and temporary employees seeking 
2.17 	enforcement of employment laws and ways to prohibit such retaliation; and
2.18 	(6) approaches for regulating temporary employment agencies and employers hiring 
2.19 	day laborers, including suggestions for new laws that specifically address the unique 
2.20 	situation of day laborers and temporary employees in Minnesota.
2.21 		Subd. 4.Report. By January 15, 2008, the task force must provide a written report 
2.22 	to the legislature, in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197. The 
2.23 	report must discuss the findings of the task force and make legislative recommendations.
2.24 		Subd. 5.Expiration. The task force expires upon submission of the final report on 
2.25 	January 15, 2008.

2.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.