(at the request of House Interim Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards for Representative Dacia Grayber)
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Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed
Bill Title:
Relating to the Bureau of Labor and Industries; prescribing an effective date.
Catchline/Summary:
Establishes the Employer Assistance Division within the Bureau of Labor and Industries.Digest: The Act makes new laws with respect to BOLI. The Act takes effect 91 days after adjournment sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 81.4).
[Digest: The Act tells BOLI to study matters related to the laws that BOLI enforces. A report will be submitted by September 15 of next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.5).]
[Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study matters relating to laws over which the bureau has enforcement authority. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor not later than September 15, 2026.]
[Sunsets on January 2, 2027.]
Establishes the Employer Assistance Division within the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Provides that discussion communications made in the course of or in connection with a discussion between an employer and the Employer Assistance Division are confidential. Provides exceptions to the confidentiality requirement.
Prohibits the bureau from imposing a penalty on an employer that proves the employer's reliance on discussion communications in taking any good faith action.
Permits the bureau to issue advisory opinions in certain circumstances.
Permits the bureau to enter into interagency agreements with state agencies to receive certain business information.
Permits the bureau to enter into a settlement with respect to any violation of a provision of law over which the bureau has jurisdiction.
Provides that the bureau may settle a matter through conference, mediation, conciliation, persuasion or other alternative dispute resolution processes.
Establishes confidentiality requirements for communications made during the course of or in connection with settlement discussions held through the bureau's alternative dispute resolution processes.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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