Committee Passes Staffing Agency Bill

A California Senate committee passed a bill that would require staffing agencies to provide proof of workers' compensation coverage and register with the labor commissioner. The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement voted 3-1 to pass SB 1032, which would require staffing agencies to register before conducting any business in California, and annually thereafter. Firms would be required to pay registration fees to be determined by the labor commissioner under a recent amendment to the bill. An earlier version would have imposed a flat $5,000 annual registration charge...