The resolution addresses the need for regulation and protection of temporary workers in Alabama, highlighting the widespread abuse they face, such as long-term job assignments without benefits and lack of equal employment opportunities. It proposes a set of guidelines aimed at improving the working conditions for temporary employees, which includes ensuring a living wage, providing essential information about work assignments, prohibiting fees for background checks and drug tests, and mandating safety training and injury reporting procedures. Additionally, it seeks to eliminate forced arbitration agreements, limit conversion fees, and address discrimination within the temporary staffing industry.
Furthermore, the resolution calls for transparency by requiring staffing agencies to publish employment practice data and mandates that temporary workers be offered full-time, permanent positions with benefits after 90 days of service. It also stipulates that temporary assignments should not exceed 90 days, with exceptions for specific circumstances, such as covering medical leave, where longer assignments would also lead to permanent employment opportunities. The resolution urges the State of Alabama to adopt these guidelines as a Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights to enhance the welfare of its workforce.