SENATE BILL REPORT

                  SCR 8407

                    As of February 17, 1999

Brief Description:  Creating an employment standards task force.

Sponsors:  Senators Prentice, Hochstatter, T. Sheldon, Honeyford, Eide, Hale and Winsley.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Labor & Workforce Development:  2/25/99.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Staff:  Jill Reinmuth (786-7452)

Background:  State wage and hour laws have not been studied recently.

Summary of Bill:  State wage and hour laws are studied by an employment standards task force.  The findings and recommendations of the task force are reported by the Department of Labor and Industries to the commerce and labor committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives by December 1, 1999.

The task force is led by the department and composed of four legislators.  The task force works in conjunction with an advisory committee composed of three business representatives, three labor representatives, and one representative from the department's Employment Standards Division.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Requested on February 16, 1999.