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GA HB1432
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/29/2024
Primary Sponsor
Matt Reeves
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AI Summary
- Establishes a state-administered guest worker program under the Georgia Commissioner of Labor to fill labor shortages by hiring foreign nationals for limited periods of time
- Requires the Commissioner to conduct studies confirming a labor shortage exists in specific industries before any guest workers may be hired, and that employing foreign laborers will not adversely affect currently employed workers in the state
- Disqualifies individuals who have been previously refused U.S. admission, deported, or convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude; guest workers may only bring a spouse and minor children
- Employers must pay a program fee and provide guest workers with health insurance, housing, workers' compensation coverage, tools and equipment, meals or cooking facilities, transportation costs to and from their home country, and wages at the highest of the Adverse Effect Wage Rate, prevailing wage, collective bargaining rate, or federal/state minimum wage
- Employers who violate program provisions face civil fines up to $5,000 per violation; guest workers who fail to return to their home country within 30 days of employment termination or status expiration face a felony charge punishable by 1–5 years imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000, or both
- Program provisions take effect on the first day of the third month after the Attorney General finds the program may be lawfully administered under state and federal law
Legislative Description
Commissioner of Labor; state administered guest worker program; provide
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/5/2024
Committee Referrals
Industry and Labor3/4/2024
Full Bill Text
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