HF 3846 Summary

• Creates new employee rights disclosures requiring employee leasing companies to provide written notice in English, Hmong, Somali, and Spanish covering employer/carrier information, pay rates, work schedules, meals, and transportation costs before job assignment.

• Directs Commissioner of Labor and Industry to create multilingual written notice by January 1, 2017 explaining minimum wage, overtime, occupational safety, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and department contact information.

• Increases wage theft penalty cap from 15 days to 100 days of average daily earnings for employers failing to pay discharged employees within 24 hours of demand.

• Makes employee leasing companies and temporary staffing entities solely liable for workers' compensation benefits, with right to seek indemnification from joint employers for proportional wage liability.

• Expands civil liability for wage violations to include compensatory damages, injunctive relief, and punitive damages in addition to statutory penalties.