MS HB1388

Creates the "Day and Temporary Labor Services Act" to protect low-wage day and temporary laborers from wage theft, minimum wage violations, and unlawful deductions for meals, transportation, and equipment.

Limits temporary employment at a single third-party client to 90 consecutive days, after which employment conditions must match permanent staff; restricts agency use to temporarily replacing employees, increasing workload, or executing exceptional work.

Requires day and temporary labor service agencies to provide workers with detailed employment notices at dispatch listing work location, wages, equipment needed, transportation terms, and meal/equipment costs, with information in Spanish, Vietnamese, or other commonly understood languages.

Mandates agencies maintain five-year records of worker hours, pay rates, deductions, and client information; prohibits transportation fees, meal purchases as employment conditions, and requires free return transportation unless worker agrees otherwise.

Provides private right of action for workers to sue for wage violations (with liquidated damages), health and safety violations (up to $500 per violation), retaliation, and attorney's fees; takes effect January 1, 2020.