The bill prohibits a supplemental health-care staffing agency
(staffing agency) from including in a contract or agreement with a health-care worker, nursing care facility, or assisted living residence a provision for liquidated damages, employment fees, or other compensation to be paid to the staffing agency if the nursing care facility or assisted living residence hires the health-care worker as a permanent employee either prior to or after the termination of the contract or agreement.
A staffing agency that violates the prohibition commits a civil
infraction and is subject to a monetary penalty. Further, for repeated or willful violations, the executive director of the department of labor and employment may impose monetary or administrative penalties against the staffing agency.
