MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Rules By: Senator(s) Jackson, Hickman, Jordan, Simmons (12th), Thomas Senate Resolution 127 A RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADOPT THE TEMPORARY WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE STATE. WHEREAS, temporary work is often unregulated, resulting in widespread abuse, including unreasonably long-term job assignments without benefits or equal opportunities for fair and gainful employment; and WHEREAS, the immediate incorporation and enforcement of the following guidelines for companies and temporary agencies across the State of Mississippi shall be in the best interest of the state: (a) Ensure temporary workers are paid a living wage; (b) Ensure temporary workers receive basic information regarding their work assignments such as work hours, rate of pay and the contact name of their worksite employer; (c) Prohibit temporary staffing agencies from charging temporary workers for performing background checks and drug tests; (d) Ensure temporary workers receive the same basic safety training as other employees, and require that temporary workers are made aware of injury reporting guidelines and to inform temporary workers of hazards associated with their worksite in an effort to lower high rates of injury among temporary workers; (e) Prohibit the use of forced arbitration agreements and noncompete agreements by temporary staffing agencies and host employers; (f) Limit the use of conversion fees that hinder the future job prospects of temporary workers by either prohibiting host employers from hiring temporary workers directly or requiring host employers to pay the staffing agency a fee; (g) Address discrimination in the temporary staffing agency industry; (h) Require temporary staffing agencies to publish critical data of each agency's employment practices; (i) Require employers to offer full-time, permanent employment after ninety (90) days of a temporary worker's assignment; (j) Prohibit temporary work assignments from exceeding a ninety-day period; provided, however, exceptions shall be made for long-term assignments where the assignment is made to cover extended medical leaves, e.g., replacing permanent employees who are out on maternity/paternity leave or recovering from catastrophic illnesses, and for such exceptions, those assigned to cover these special circumstances shall, at the end of one hundred eighty (180) days, be offered full-time permanent positions with benefits; and (k) Prohibit temporary work assignments from exceeding a period of ninety (90) days, and after ninety (90) days, the temporary employee shall be offered full-time permanent employment with benefits. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby urge the State of Mississippi to acknowledge and adopt the Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights for the betterment of the state.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Jackson, Hickman, Jordan, Simmons (12th), Thomas
# Senate Resolution 127
A RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADOPT THE TEMPORARY WORKERS' BILL OF RIGHTS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE STATE.
WHEREAS, temporary work is often unregulated, resulting in widespread abuse, including unreasonably long-term job assignments without benefits or equal opportunities for fair and gainful employment; and
WHEREAS, the immediate incorporation and enforcement of the following guidelines for companies and temporary agencies across the State of Mississippi shall be in the best interest of the state:
(a) Ensure temporary workers are paid a living wage;
(b) Ensure temporary workers receive basic information regarding their work assignments such as work hours, rate of pay and the contact name of their worksite employer;
(c) Prohibit temporary staffing agencies from charging temporary workers for performing background checks and drug tests;
(d) Ensure temporary workers receive the same basic safety training as other employees, and require that temporary workers are made aware of injury reporting guidelines and to inform temporary workers of hazards associated with their worksite in an effort to lower high rates of injury among temporary workers;
(e) Prohibit the use of forced arbitration agreements and noncompete agreements by temporary staffing agencies and host employers;
(f) Limit the use of conversion fees that hinder the future job prospects of temporary workers by either prohibiting host employers from hiring temporary workers directly or requiring host employers to pay the staffing agency a fee;
(g) Address discrimination in the temporary staffing agency industry;
(h) Require temporary staffing agencies to publish critical data of each agency's employment practices;
(i) Require employers to offer full-time, permanent employment after ninety (90) days of a temporary worker's assignment;
(j) Prohibit temporary work assignments from exceeding a ninety-day period; provided, however, exceptions shall be made for long-term assignments where the assignment is made to cover extended medical leaves, e.g., replacing permanent employees who are out on maternity/paternity leave or recovering from catastrophic illnesses, and for such exceptions, those assigned to cover these special circumstances shall, at the end of one hundred eighty (180) days, be offered full-time permanent positions with benefits; and
(k) Prohibit temporary work assignments from exceeding a period of ninety (90) days, and after ninety (90) days, the temporary employee shall be offered full-time permanent employment with benefits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby urge the State of Mississippi to acknowledge and adopt the Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights for the betterment of the state.