The NJ Staffing Alliance notes the wide disparity between staffing agencies and Uber’s business models and treatment of workers.
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NJSA Cheers Fine Levied Against Uber, But Announces It Has No Connection With The Staffing Industry And The Temporary Worker’s Bill Of Rights.
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NJSA is asking Governor Murphy to block the Temporary Worker’s Bill of Rights to fix deficiencies that could put jobs and the NJ economy at risk.
TRENTON, NJ – September 20, 2022 — The NJ Staffing Alliance (NJSA) has applauded the Department of Labor and Attorney General for a $100 million fine against Uber for fraudulent business practices and failure to pay for safety net programs. Disability and Family Leave Action. NJSA said some of this news coverage mistakenly lumped Uber into the staffing agency industry, when Uber is actually part of the gig economy, which has recently emerged, and is defined as work contracts between individuals or companies through digital platforms. Facilitate matching between suppliers and customers on a short-term and pay-as-you-go basis.
In contrast, the 70-year-old staffing industry provides contract, temporary, and permanent placement of workers to organizations in a variety of industries. The staffing industry consists of a network of staffing organizations that act as intermediaries with businesses to identify and fill the needs of their employees. The staffing industry provides workforce flexibility, allowing companies to maintain a full workforce during busy periods, cover vacancies until they are filled, provide temporary support for major projects, and accelerate business growth. Temporary workers are equal to temporary staffing for job flexibility and diversity, skills training and an entry point and bridge to permanent employment.
News coverage appears to have linked the Uber issue to the NJ Temp Workers Bill of Rights A-1474/S-511, now awaiting Governor Murphy’s signature. The two are not related.
The original intent of this bill was to provide more protection and transparency to temporary workers in the labor industry, including implementing a program similar to the successful Massachusetts Temporary Workers Right to Know Act and applying current laws and regulations to state agencies. A few “bad actors” operating in New Jersey’s staffing industry. This bill does not apply to gig workers employed by Uber.
As an organization that advocates for high ethical standards and worker safety, NJSA supports the law’s goal of addressing “bad actors” in the labor industry and protecting temporary workers, particularly entry-level, low-wage, and low-skilled workers. Individuals. But the NJSA opposes a repeat of the current bill, which goes beyond its goal of imposing financial and operational restrictions on labor organizations and their clients, which could eliminate temporary jobs for thousands of New Jersey workers.
NJSA urges Governor Murphy to veto Temp Workers Bill of Rights A-1474/S-511 to fix the many deficiencies that are overburdening temporary staffing agencies and forcing thousands to close and lose their jobs. Heat workers. Before this bill becomes law, we identified four areas where Governor Murphy and lawmakers would place unreasonable administrative or cost burdens on staffing agencies because it would threaten the survival of the full-time staffing industry.
Some of the key changes requested include:
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Eliminating requirements for client employers to share their employees’ confidential and proprietary pay balance information and to match temporary employee payroll and benefits to the client’s full-time employees;
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allowing government intervention in the hiring of heat workers as full-time employees;
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NJAC 13:45B-12.3 focuses on eliminating entirely new rules and regulations (some of which conflict and duplicating existing ones) regarding the transportation of temporary workers and instead amending existing ones. And
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Allowing each employee to determine their pay cycle, which may differ from the pay cycles provided by the employer’s payroll provider.
“NJSA calls on employers, staffing agencies and workers to join us in asking Governor Murphy to veto this bill in advance. Without the changes we recommend, it will significantly harm rather than protect workers and reduce the ability of the temporary staffing industry to serve the citizens of New Jersey. “It undercuts New Jersey’s only industry whose primary mission is to find jobs for its residents,” the New Jersey Staffing Alliance said.
Please join us in protecting workers and protecting workers’ jobs by contacting Governor Murphy at protectnjjobs.com and asking him to veto Bill A-474/S-511 in advance.
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