A bill to create the call center jobs retention act; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to impose certain duties on certain employers; and to prescribe civil sanctions.
Together, House Bills 5164 and 5165 would require the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to maintain a registry of call centers that have relocated internationally out of Michigan and would disqualify those businesses from eligibility for economic development incentives administered by the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF). The bills would increase costs to the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and the Michigan Strategic Fund and have no direct fiscal impact on local government. The amount of increase to LEO and the MSF would depend on the costs of the additional administrative responsibilities under the bills’ provisions and are not likely to be significant.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Labor
Reported without amendment
Substitute H-1 offered
by
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 57 to 52 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Labor
Discharged from committee
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
1. Amend page 2, line 5, after “(1)” by striking out “An” and inserting “Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), an”.
2. Amend page 2, following line 18, by inserting:
“(2) An employer that engages in an activity described in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is not required to comply with subsection (1) if the employer is in compliance with the worker adjustment and retraining notification act, 29 USC 2101 to 2109, for that activity.” and renumbering the remaining subsection.
The amendment failed 19 to 19 (details)
Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)