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An onerous registration bill for staffing firms was introduced in Massachusetts. House Bill 1393 would prohibit staffing firms from charging permanent placement and conversion fees for certain workers, potentially require in-state offices, and potentially prohibit staffing firms from sending candidate résumés to clients

 for purposes of generating client interest and job orders. The bill includes temporary worker "right to know" provisions, including imposing a requirement on staffing firms to give temporary employees a written notice detailing job descriptions and expected wage rates.

ASA distributed an alert to engage staffing firms in Massachusetts in a grassroots effort to defeat this new bill.

Staffing firms that wish to attend the meetings and become involved in efforts to oppose the bill should contact Roger Donoghue rdonoghue@dbslawfirm.com or Tara O'Donnell todonnell@dbslawfirm.com of Donoghue Barrett, with a copy to the firm's meeting scheduler, David Luca dluca@dbslawfirm.com.

Talking points setting forth the harm this bill would cause are set forth on americanstaffing.net (PDF 69 KB). HB 1393 can also be found on americanstaffing.net (PDF 49 KB).

American Staffing Association

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