Assembly Bill No. 281-Assemblymen Sandoval, Carpenter, Braunlin, Mortenson, Hickey, Buckley, Humke, Ohrenschall, Ernaut and Lambert
March 17, 1997
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Referred to Committee on Labor and Management
SUMMARY--Disqualifies employee of temporary employment service from collecting unemployment benefits under certain circumstances. (BDR 53-558)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to unemployment benefits; disqualifying an employee of a temporary employment service from collecting unemployment benefits under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Chapter 612 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this act.
Sec. 2 "Employment" includes service by a person in the employ of a temporary employment service.
Sec. 3 "Temporary employment service" means a company that employs persons and assigns them to work for the clients of the company on a temporary basis for the purpose of supporting or supplementing the work force of the client in certain situations, including, without limitation, employee absences, temporary labor shortages, increased seasonal work loads, and special assignments or projects. The term does not include an employee leasing company as defined in NRS 616B.670.
Sec. 4 1. A person who is employed by a temporary employment service shall be deemed to have left his employment voluntarily without good cause and must be disqualified for benefits if the administrator finds that:
(a) The temporary employment service notified the person, in writing, that his failure to contact the temporary employment service for reassignment upon completion of his last assignment from the temporary employment service would result in his disqualification for benefits; and
(b) The person did not contact the temporary employment service for reassignment upon completion of his last assignment from the temporary employment service before filing for benefits.
2. The disqualification continues for the week in which the failure occurred and until the person earns wages from employment covered by this chapter equal to or exceeding his weekly benefit amount in each of the number of weeks thereafter determined by the administrator according to the circumstances of each case. The administrator shall not require more than 10 weeks.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Contact" means a communication by a person employed by a temporary employment service with the temporary employment service that could reasonably be expected to result in a future work assignment for the person.
(b) "Upon completion of his last assignment" means the next business day, unless the meaning is modified by an agreement between the temporary employment service and the person in the employ of the temporary employment service.
Sec. 5 A temporary employment service shall, in writing, inform each person employed by the temporary employment service of the provisions of section 4 of this act.
Sec. 6 NRS 612.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:
612.015 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and terms defined in NRS 612.016 to 612.200, inclusive, and sections 2 and 3 of this act, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Sec. 7 This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.