HB 2844 - DIGEST

Establishes the Washington call center jobs act.

Requires an employer that intends to relocate a call center, or one or more facilities or operating units within a call center, to a foreign country to notify the commissioner of the employment security department at least one hundred twenty days before the relocation.

Requires the commissioner to compile a semiannual list of employers that have notified him or her and: (1) Post the list on the department's web site; and

(2) Distribute the list to state agencies.

Requires state agency contracts for purchases of call center services to provide that the work performed by the contractor be performed within the state.