HF 3661 Summary

• Requires meatpacking employers to furnish employees with equipment to safely perform jobs under OSHA standards.

• Mandates that employers and employees or their representatives mutually agree on production line speeds for automated lines, with documented agreement provided to a meat packing workers' rights coordinator; if no agreement is reached, employer must hire additional workers to meet safety requirements.

• Requires employers to provide employees written explanations in their native language covering salary and benefits, job description, leave policies, work hours, occupational hazards, and employee rights to organize, safe workplace, and freedom from discrimination.

• Establishes a meat packing workers' rights coordinator position within the Department of Labor and Industry to educate employees on their rights, provide collective voice for workers, conduct training at packinghouses, monitor line speed compliance, and document violations for enforcement.

• Requires employers to provide required explanations in writing at every regularly scheduled pay date and by posting information in a conspicuous location at the workplace.